Wall and Gates of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (Roman Catholic) is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Religious, monument.
Wall and Gates of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (Roman Catholic)
- WRENN ID
- proud-mortar-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Religious, monument
- Address
- Wall and Gates of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (Roman Catholic), Hills Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 454 577
- Coordinates
- 52.19898, 0.12722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gates of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, a Roman Catholic church, were built in 1890 and are contemporary with the church itself. The structure features a red brick wall topped with stone coping. The gate piers are made of the same red brick and include decorative details and carved animals. The entrance is marked by wrought iron gates. The wall and gates face Lensfield Road.
Local climate
Wall and Gates of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (Roman Catholic) 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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