Magdalene College, Walls Lining the Second Court on North East and South West Sides is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Walls.
Magdalene College, Walls Lining the Second Court on North East and South West Sides
- WRENN ID
- outer-bracket-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Walls
- OS grid reference
- TL 447 590
- Coordinates
- 52.2107, 0.11656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls lining the Second Court of Magdalene College date from the late 16th century to the 17th century. They are constructed from reused ashlar and rubble. At the east end of the north wall, there is a late 17th-century doorway featuring a moulded architrave. Additionally, there are three other doorways with square heads and moulded architraves, each inscribed with panels that read: "Unum sufficit," "Omnes honorate fraternitatem diligite," and "In dies ad diem."
Local climate
Magdalene College, Walls Lining the Second Court on North East and South West Sides sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Wall Between Old Court and Number 53
- 2 Wall to the Old Court House, Running from Number 23 Kirkgate Along South and East Sides the Garden of the Court House, As Far North As the Court House
- 3 Gates, Piers and Walls at the Court
- 4 Walled Garden, Baberton House
- 5 Arch and Wall to the North of Trinity Court
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Magdalene College, Pepys Building
- Magdalene College, Bright's Building
- Magdalene College, The Buildings Surrounding First Court
- Magdalene College, Boundary Wall of College Fronting Magdalene Street and Chesterton Lane
- Magdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene Street
- Post Office
- 23, Magdalene Street
- 24, Magdalene Street
- 21 and 22, Magdalene Street
- 20, Magdalene Street