Trinity College, Trinity Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A Georgian Bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Trinity College, Trinity Bridge

WRENN ID
tall-passage-oak
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
Address
Trinity College, Trinity Bridge, CB2 1TQ
OS grid reference
TL 445 585
Coordinates
52.20666, 0.11389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Trinity Bridge is a triple-arched stone bridge built in 1765, designed by James Essex. It features Portland and Ketton stone ashlar, incorporating some re-used materials from the old bridge. The bridge has semi-elliptical arches with low cutwaters and a solid parapet wall.

Local climate

Trinity College, Trinity Bridge 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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