Little Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge University is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Lecture theatre. 6 related planning applications.

Little Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge University

WRENN ID
cold-hammer-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Lecture theatre
Address
Little Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge University, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA
OS grid reference
TL 442 579
Coordinates
52.20089, 0.10984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Hall and the attached Lecture Theatre block at Cambridge University is a lecture theatre block with a separate lecture theatre. Designed by Casson, Conder & Partners, it was planned in 1952 and constructed between 1957 and 1960. The building features brick and concrete construction with a metal roof. Little Hall has a polygonal chamfered shape, with brick walls and a chamfered metal roof that rises to a point. The attached lecture theatre block has a rectangular plan and is made of brick, featuring irregular window arrangements. This building is an integral part of the planned scheme for Sidgwick Avenue.

Local climate

Little Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge University 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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