Great Gate (Outer Gate, Marsh Foregate) is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Gate.
Great Gate (Outer Gate, Marsh Foregate)
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-vestry-falcon
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Great Gate (Outer Gate, Marsh Foregate), Cathedral Square, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 986
- Coordinates
- 52.57254, -0.24183
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Gate, also known as the Outer Gate or Marsh Foregate, is a Grade I listed building erected by Abbot Benedict around 1174 to 1194, with alterations made between 1302 and 1307. The chamber above the gate was originally a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. The archway features Norman work, including roll moulding and columns with scalloped capitals, as well as blank wall arcading above the doorway. The upper part of the doorway dates from the 14th century and includes a blank arcade of five lights with two windows that have cusped heads. The structure is topped with a crenellated parapet and is flanked by two turrets. The Great Gate, along with the Chapel of St. Thomas, the Archway to Dean's Court, and Nos 1 to 19, forms a significant group.
Local climate
Great Gate (Outer Gate, Marsh Foregate) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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