Entrance Gateway to the University Library Entrance Gateway to the University Library Onto Burrell's Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Gateway.

Entrance Gateway to the University Library Entrance Gateway to the University Library Onto Burrell's Walk

WRENN ID
forgotten-outpost-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
TL 441 584
Coordinates
52.20571, 0.10876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance gateway to the University Library, built in 1935, is located on Burrell's Walk. It is contemporary with Clare Memorial Court and is likely part of Sir George Gilbert Scott's design for Clare College. The gateway features a low wall made of buff brick, which is capped with stone and topped by a wrought iron screen. There are two buff brick piers with ball finials on either side. The wrought iron gates, which include an overthrow, display the arms of J. G. Nightingale. These gates date from the early to mid-18th century and originally came from Rectory Manor House in Enfield, Middlesex.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway to the University Library Entrance Gateway to the University Library Onto Burrell's Walk 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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