Clare College, Railings Gates and Brick Plinth Walls on Either Side of the Causeway Between the College West Gate and the Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A Georgian Railings and gates.

Clare College, Railings Gates and Brick Plinth Walls on Either Side of the Causeway Between the College West Gate and the Bridge

WRENN ID
young-finial-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Railings and gates
Period
Georgian
OS grid reference
TL 445 584
Coordinates
52.20505, 0.11451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clare College features railings, gates, and brick plinth walls located on either side of the causeway that connects the College West gate to the Bridge. The brick plinth walls have stone coping and are partially topped with 18th-century spear-head wrought-iron railings that include vase finials on the stanchions. There is a gate leading to the Master's Garden and another gate to the Fellows' Garden, which is adorned with an overthrow and a lamp-cage.

Local climate

Clare College, Railings Gates and Brick Plinth Walls on Either Side of the Causeway Between the College West Gate and the Bridge 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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