Outer East Gateway to Bishops Palace is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. A Medieval Gateway.

Outer East Gateway to Bishops Palace

WRENN ID
pitched-chimney-hawthorn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1953
Type
Gateway
Period
Medieval
Address
Outer East Gateway to Bishops Palace, Minster Yard
OS grid reference
SK 978 717
Coordinates
53.23366, -0.53543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outer east gateway to Bishop's Palace in Lincoln dates from around 1500 and was built for Bishop William Smith, who served from 1496 to 1514. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features plain tile wall coping, a coved string course, and a crenellated parapet. It is a single-storey building in an L-plan layout. The east side includes a four-centred archway with a hoodmould, while the north side has a small chamfered pointed recess.

Local climate

Outer 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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