The Divinity School is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. Educational building. 5 related planning applications.

The Divinity School

WRENN ID
half-tracery-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
Educational building
Address
The Divinity School, St John's Street, CB2 1TW
OS grid reference
TL 448 587
Coordinates
52.20784, 0.11828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Divinity School, built in 1878-9 by Basil Champneys, is a Neo-Tudor building made of brick with stone dressings. It features impressive details and carving. The structure is two storeys high and includes a main hall flanked by two cross-wings. The entrance has a four-bay screen with buttresses and pinnacles topped with crowns. On the ground floor, there are three-light lattice windows, and the hall has traceried windows. Inside, the staircases are adorned with slender columns and vaults. The bronze doors, created by Fred Thrupp in 1888, depict scenes of George Herbert but are no longer in use. The professors' rooms are notable for their fine Art Nouveau fireplaces.

Local climate

The Divinity School 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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