Jesus College, Boundary Wall, Piers and Gates on Jesus Lane and the Walls Flanking the Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Boundary wall.

Jesus College, Boundary Wall, Piers and Gates on Jesus Lane and the Walls Flanking the Chimney

WRENN ID
distant-clay-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
TL 451 588
Coordinates
52.2087, 0.12336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Jesus College features a boundary wall, piers, and gates located on Jesus Lane, as well as walls flanking the Chimney. The walls date from the 18th century and earlier, constructed of red brick that has been extensively repaired. The walls surrounding the Chimney have triangular capping, and the east wall includes the gateway to the Master's Lodge, which is made of wrought iron and flanked by piers topped with ball finials. The main gateway is supported by rusticated piers designed by R. Grumbold in 1703, while the elegant wrought-iron gates were created around 1725.

Local climate

Jesus College, Boundary Wall, Piers and Gates on Jesus Lane and the Walls Flanking the Chimney 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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