Corpus Christi College, George Thomson Building, Leckhampton House is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Graduate residence. 4 related planning applications.

Corpus Christi College, George Thomson Building, Leckhampton House

WRENN ID
old-tracery-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Graduate residence
Address
Corpus Christi College, George Thomson Building, Leckhampton House, Grange Road, CB3 9BJ
OS grid reference
TL 436 579
Coordinates
52.20129, 0.1006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The George Thomson Building at Leckhampton House, part of Corpus Christi College, is a Grade II listed graduate residence built between 1963 and 1964. Designed by Philip Dowson of Arup Associates, it features a pre-cast concrete frame combined with red brick. The building consists of two blocks connected by a staggered brick link and rises five storeys high. The student rooms are fully glazed and set back behind the concrete frame, which showcases paired vertical elements and emphasizes horizontal lines at both the floor and roof levels. The upper levels have narrower concrete balustrades. The link between the blocks incorporates brick panels and glazing at the junctions. This building is noted for its contribution to modern architecture in Cambridge.

Local climate

Corpus Christi College, George Thomson Building, Leckhampton House 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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