Clare College, Gateway on West Side of Clare Bridge with Flanking Railings and Gates to College Garden is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A C18 Gateway. 1 related planning application.
Clare College, Gateway on West Side of Clare Bridge with Flanking Railings and Gates to College Garden
- WRENN ID
- ghost-spindle-pearl
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- TL 445 584
- Coordinates
- 52.20499, 0.11383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clare College features a gateway on the west side of Clare Bridge, constructed in 1714. This elaborate wrought-iron triple gateway includes decorative overthrows, flanked by railings and a small gate leading to the College Garden.
Local climate
Clare College, Gateway on West Side of Clare Bridge with Flanking Railings and Gates to College Garden 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Clare College, Gateway to Clare Hall Piece
- 2 Worcester College, Gateway in the College Garden to the South of the Pool
- 3 Clare College, Railings Gates and Brick Plinth Walls on Either Side of the Causeway Between the College West Gate and the Bridge
- 4 Clare College, Gates and Railings to Trinity Hall Lane
- 5 Bowden Gate to Inwood
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- Clare College, Wall on North Side of Master's Garden
- Trinity Hall, North Boundary Wall of Fellows' Garden
- Garret Hostel Bridge Between Clare Bridge and Trinity Bridge on the Cam
- Clare College, Gateway to Clare Hall Piece
- Clare College, The Buildings Surrounding the Fore and Principal Courts
- Trinity Hall, Gatehouse Building
- King's College, King's Bridge