Inner East Gateway to Bishops Palace is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Gateway.

Inner East Gateway to Bishops Palace

WRENN ID
hushed-doorway-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1969
Type
Gateway
Address
Inner East Gateway to Bishops Palace, Minster Yard
OS grid reference
SK 978 717
Coordinates
53.23362, -0.53585
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The inner east gateway to Bishop's Palace in Lincoln is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar stone. It features a coved string course and a crenellated parapet. The gateway has a chamfered four-centred arch with a hoodmould above it. To the west, there is a single flanking buttress. The gateway is completed with a pair of wrought-iron gates.

Local climate

Inner East Gateway to Bishops Palace receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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