St John's College, Gates of Chapel Court Yard Onto St John's Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. College gates. 32 related planning applications.
St John's College, Gates of Chapel Court Yard Onto St John's Street
- WRENN ID
- solemn-hinge-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- College gates
- Address
- St John's College, Gates of Chapel Court Yard Onto St John's Street, CB2 1TP
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 587
- Coordinates
- 52.20834, 0.11822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates of Chapel Court yard onto St John's Street at St John's College were built in 1940. They feature red brick piers that are stone capped and topped by the Yales of Beaufort. The design includes wrought iron gates and a screen, along with an overthrow that displays the date and the college motto. The Yales were created by A F Hardiman.
Local climate
St John's College, Gates of Chapel Court Yard Onto St John's Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 32 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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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 Wrought iron gates and stone gate piers to Temple Grounds
- 2 Pembroke College, Wall, Gateway and Screen Between Ivy Court and New Court
- 3 Jesus College, Gateway and Screen on North Side of Chapel Court
- 4 Screen and Gates at Entrance to Forecourt of Church of St John the Baptist
- 5 Gates, Gate Piers and Stone Wall of St John's College, to South West of the House
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- St John's College, Screen Between the Chapel and the East Range of First Court
- 11, St John's Street
- 67, Bridge Street
- 16, ROUND CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information)
- 68, Bridge Street