Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Honour and Flanking Walls is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. College.

Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Honour and Flanking Walls

WRENN ID
scattered-kitchen-soot
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
College
OS grid reference
TL 447 584
Coordinates
52.20568, 0.11702
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gonville and Caius College features the Gate of Honour and flanking walls, designed by Dr Caius in 1575. The structure is made of ashlar and showcases a correct and varied use of Classical detailing, resembling a triumphal arch but on a small scale. The gate, along with the flanking stone and red brick walls, constitutes the South range of Caius Court.

Local climate

Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Honour and Flanking Walls 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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