St John's College, Field Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. College.

St John's College, Field Gate

WRENN ID
sharp-banister-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
College
OS grid reference
TL 443 588
Coordinates
52.20876, 0.11133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College Field Gate was built in 1822, designed in the style of the 17th century. It features stone piers topped with eagle finials and wrought-iron gates that have side standards and an overthrow displaying the College arms. There are dwarf walls on either side, which are complemented by railings and small panelled piers.

Local climate

St John's College, Field Gate sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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