St John's College, Four Gates Onto the Wilderness and the Scholars' Garden, North East Gate, North West Gate, South East Gate and South West Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Gate.
St John's College, Four Gates Onto the Wilderness and the Scholars' Garden, North East Gate, North West Gate, South East Gate and South West Gate
- WRENN ID
- stony-cellar-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Gate
- OS grid reference
- TL 444 587
- Coordinates
- 52.20847, 0.11271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's College features four gates that provide access to the 'Wilderness' and the Scholars' Garden. The gates are located at the north-east, north-west, south-east, and south-west points. Two gates are positioned on either side of the Field Walk. Among these, three gates are modern, while one gate leading to the 'Wilderness' dates back to the 19th century. The gates are made of wrought iron and have a plain design.
Local climate
St John's College, Four Gates Onto the Wilderness and the Scholars' Garden, North East Gate, North West Gate, South East Gate and South West 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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