King's College, South Range of Webb's Court with Gateway to Queen's Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. College building.

King's College, South Range of Webb's Court with Gateway to Queen's Lane

WRENN ID
turning-moat-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
College building
OS grid reference
TL 447 582
Coordinates
52.20349, 0.11619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Range of Webb's Court at King's College, built in 1908-1909 by Sir Aston Webb, is a three-storey building with an attic, designed in the Tudor style and faced with ashlar. It features casement windows that include mullions and transoms, and there is a low tower situated above the gateway leading to Queen's Lane.

Local climate

King's College, South Range of Webb's Court with Gateway to Queen's Lane 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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