City Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. A Medieval Gate.

City Gate

WRENN ID
dusted-tin-cream
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Constituency
Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1955
Type
Gate
Period
Medieval
Address
City Gate, Cook Street
OS grid reference
SP 335 794
Coordinates
52.41204, -1.50842
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

City Gate is a Grade I listed structure dating from the first quarter of the 14th century, with possible rebuilding in the second half of the 14th century. Work on the adjoining city walls began in 1352 or 1355, and a licence to crenellate was granted in 1363, with completion of the work occurring in 1385. The gate is constructed from sandstone and features a four-centred arch, side buttresses, and 19th century or modern embattlements. It includes one double light stone mullioned window with trefoil cusped arches and gargoyles. City Gate is the only remaining functional gate in the city and forms a group with Swanswell Gate and the City Wall to the north of Swanswell Gate on Hales Street.

Local climate

City Gate receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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