Downing College, North West Gate Onto Tennis Court Road Opposite Fitzwilliam Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Gate.
Downing College, North West Gate Onto Tennis Court Road Opposite Fitzwilliam Street
- WRENN ID
- hollow-roof-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Gate
- OS grid reference
- TL 451 579
- Coordinates
- 52.20071, 0.12188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downing College features a north-west gate onto Tennis Court Road, located opposite Fitzwilliam Street. This gate dates from the early 20th century and is constructed with gault brick piers that display cast-iron College arms. The entrance is completed with plain wrought-iron gates.
Local climate
Downing College, North West Gate Onto Tennis Court Road Opposite Fitzwilliam Street 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.
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