Gonville and Caius College, The North and East Ranges of Tree Court and South Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College. 34 related planning applications.

Gonville and Caius College, The North and East Ranges of Tree Court and South Wall

WRENN ID
sharp-cupola-aspen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College
Address
Gonville and Caius College, The North and East Ranges of Tree Court and South Wall, CB2 1TA
OS grid reference
TL 448 585
Coordinates
52.20602, 0.11796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gonville and Caius College features the North and East Ranges of Tree Court and the South Wall, built in 1870 by Alfred Waterhouse. The buildings are designed in a French chateau style and are faced with very tall ashlar. A prominent five-storey tower is located at the southeast corner. The wall on the south side of the court is constructed of red brick and stone, topped with a stone coping.

Local climate

Gonville and Caius College, The North and East Ranges of Tree Court and South Wall 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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