Pair of gatepiers and gates between College Yard and Cathedral Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Gatepiers.

Pair of gatepiers and gates between College Yard and Cathedral Cemetery

WRENN ID
sleeping-gargoyle-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1991
Type
Gatepiers
Address
Pair of gatepiers and gates between College Yard and Cathedral Cemetery, Rochester
OS grid reference
TQ 742 685
Coordinates
51.38941, 0.50313
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of gatepiers and gates located between College Yard and Cathedral Cemetery in Rochester. They were built in the early 19th century and consist of two dressed stone piers. The gates are made of cast iron, featuring square-section, spear-headed uprights along with top, middle, and bottom rails.

Local climate

Pair of gatepiers and gates between College Yard and Cathedral Cemetery 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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