Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Humility is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A Renaissance Gate.
Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Humility
- WRENN ID
- sacred-tallow-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Gate
- Period
- Renaissance
- Address
- Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Humility, CB2 1TA
- OS grid reference
- TL 447 585
- Coordinates
- 52.20574, 0.11675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate of Humility at Gonville and Caius College is a significant structure originally serving as the entrance gate to Trinity Street. It was relocated to the Master's Garden in 1868. This gate is considered a lesser building compared to the college's other entrances, and its surface has been completely renewed.
Local climate
Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Humility 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 St John's College, Gate to Trinity Piece South East of the Wilderness
- 2 Clare College, Gates and Railings to Trinity Hall Lane
- 3 St Michael's Gate
- 4 Entrance Gateway Approximately 15 Metres North West of Master's Court
- 5 Sidney Sussex College, Gateway Entrance from Jesus Lane to the College Garden
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Nearby listed buildings
- Gonville and Caius College, Lecture Rooms
- Gonville and Caius College, The Gate of Honour and Flanking Walls
- The Cockerell Building (Squire Law Library)
- 2 Lamp Posts in Senate House Passage at the Entrance to the Old Schools
- Gonville and Caius College, Wall of Master's Garden Fronting Trinity Hall Lane
- The Senate House
- Trinity Hall, Waterhouse Building
- Urn on Senate House Lawn
- The Law School and University Offices
- Trinity College, Bishop's Hostel