Bishops Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Gate.
Bishops Gate
- WRENN ID
- leaning-moulding-sunrise
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Bishops Gate, Precincts, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 986
- Coordinates
- 52.5724, -0.24119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop's Gate, mainly built around 1220 by Robert of Lindsay, is a Grade I listed structure located in the precincts of Peterborough. The gate features square turrets that project at the corners, topped with crenellated parapets, and stands three stories high. Each of the two turrets has a trefoil-headed niche that contains a statue of an abbot and a prior, one of which may depict Godfrey of Crowland. The central section is gabled and features a statue of King Edward seated above windows with four and eight lights, separated by strings between the storeys. The central archway is adorned with four orders of colonnettes that have moulded capitals. Inside the archway, the main chamber displays blank arcading and quadripartite vaulting. Above the entrance is the Knights' Chamber, which was once decorated with images of the knights who convened there. The windows have been altered in a Jacobean style. Bishop's Gate, along with Nos 24 to 28 (consecutive) and King's Lodging, forms a group of significant buildings.
Local climate
Bishops Gate 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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