Old Gaol is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1973. Gaol.
Old Gaol
- WRENN ID
- stony-landing-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1973
- Type
- Gaol
- Address
- Old Gaol, Thorpe Road, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 986
- Coordinates
- 52.57304, -0.25462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Gaol, built in 1842, is located on Thorpe Road in Peterborough. Designed by architect W J Donthorne, this building is constructed in the Norman style using stone and features a slate roof. The central entrance tower is flanked by two round turrets and has machicolations. Above the door, which is set in an arched portal, there is a portcullis. On either side of the entrance, there are three large round-arched windows, each with flanking colonettes. The round turrets at the corners of the facade rest on battered plinths.
Local climate
Old Gaol sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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