St Ethelbert's Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Circa 1316 Gateway.
St Ethelbert's Gate
- WRENN ID
- plain-ember-winter
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- St Ethelbert's Gate, the Close
- OS grid reference
- TG 234 087
- Coordinates
- 52.63063, 1.29971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Ethelbert's Gate is a Grade I listed gateway with a former chapel above, now used as a classroom. It dates from around 1316 and has undergone early 19th-century restorations by W. Wilkins, as well as 20th-century alterations. The structure is built of flint and ashlar and has two storeys. There is a small door on the left side that leads to a clockwise spiral stair. The gateway features a two-centre moulded arch supported by attached columns, with 20th-century spandrels depicting the George and Dragon. To the left and right of the arch are blind niches with foliated triangular over-arches. A quatrefoil string-band runs along the first floor, which also has restored statue and window niches with foliated pointed over-arches. The building is topped with a decorated cornice and a parapet that includes circular flushwork and a central pediment. Inside, there are two bays of Lierne-vaulting that spring from tripartite shafts. The site is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
St Ethelbert's Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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