Priors Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. A Medieval Gate. 1 related planning application.

Priors Gate

WRENN ID
north-lintel-yew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Gate
Period
Medieval
Address
Priors Gate, the Precinct, ME1 1ST
OS grid reference
TQ 742 684
Coordinates
51.38835, 0.50231
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priors Gate is a significant gate into the cathedral and priory precincts in Rochester, likely built around 1344 when this section of wall was constructed. The gate is made of random rubble ragstone and stands two storeys tall, featuring a northwest stair turret. It has a parapet with a moulded string course that has eroded over time. The arches consist of two orders, with the lower order being four-centred and the upper order, which has a hood mould, being segmental. The jambs are chamfered with pyramid stops. Inside, the vault has ribs that feature chamfer and roll moulding, along with eroded corbels. There is an original cusped lancet window on the south side and a renewed two-light Decorated window on the north side. The doorway to the turret rises significantly above the gateway parapet.

Local climate

Priors Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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