The Railings, Piers, Gateway and Screen Wall on the East Side of Principal Court, St Catharines College is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A C18 Gate, railings, screen wall.

The Railings, Piers, Gateway and Screen Wall on the East Side of Principal Court, St Catharines College

WRENN ID
broken-panel-vermeil
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Gate, railings, screen wall
Address
The Railings, Piers, Gateway and Screen Wall on the East Side of Principal Court, St Catharines College, St Catharine's College
OS grid reference
TL 447 581
Coordinates
52.20301, 0.11729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings, piers, gateway, and screen wall on the east side of Principal Court at St Catharine's College date from around 1780 and are likely designed by James Essex. The gateway features two ashlar piers with Roman Doric pilasters, which have been modernly rebuilt to match the original design. The gateway itself consists of a wrought-iron gate with two leaves. On either side of the gate, spearhead railings are set atop a low brick screen wall. The northeast screen wall is made of brick with stone dressings, and the central doorway is adorned with an architrave and side pilasters.

Local climate

The Railings, Piers, Gateway and Screen Wall on the East Side of Principal Court, St Catharines College 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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