Selwyn College Entrance Block is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College entrance block.

Selwyn College Entrance Block

WRENN ID
broken-jade-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College entrance block
OS grid reference
TL 439 579
Coordinates
52.20099, 0.10565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Selwyn College Entrance Block was built between 1882 and 1889 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. The building faces the quadrangle and has three storeys with attics. It features a central gateway flanked by gabled bays and tall chimneys. On the street side, the most prominent feature is the four-storey central gate tower, which includes a turret and battlements. The entrance has a four-centred archway, and the first and second floors are adorned with five-light oriel windows that have mullions and a transom. The third floor showcases a five-light diamond lattice window with a traceried head.

Local climate

Selwyn College Entrance Block 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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