Peterhouse, Gates and Piers of the Master's Lodge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Gates and piers.

Peterhouse, Gates and Piers of the Master's Lodge

WRENN ID
winding-doorway-autumn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Gates and piers
OS grid reference
TL 449 579
Coordinates
52.2011, 0.11903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Peterhouse features the gates and piers of the Master's Lodge, which date back to 1702. There are two original red brick piers topped with stone cornices and ball finials. The structure includes later red brick walls that are capped with stone. The wrought iron gates were added in 1928.

Local climate

Peterhouse, Gates and Piers of the Master's Lodge 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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