Glasney College Remains is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Collegiate church remains.
Glasney College Remains
- WRENN ID
- idle-gravel-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1994
- Type
- Collegiate church remains
- Address
- Glasney College Remains, Glasney Terrace, Penryn
- OS grid reference
- SW 785 342
- Coordinates
- 50.16643, -5.10159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Glasney College, a collegiate church from the 13th century, are located in Penryn. The structure is built of rubble with Caen stone dressings. Notable features include a moulded respond and its abutment that rise above the impost level, which may indicate the remnants of stone vaulting. Additionally, there is a complex-moulded Caen stone sill nearby, although it is not in its original position.
Historically, the site was selected by Bishop Bronescombe, who, while ill and delirious in Canterbury, experienced vivid dreams. In these dreams, he saw Thomas Becket, who foretold his recovery and instructed him to establish a collegiate church in the woods of Glasney, within the episcopal manor of Penryn, dedicated to the glory of God and in the name of St Thomas the Martyr.
Local climate
Glasney College Remains receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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