Cloister Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. A {C12,C15} Gate. 2 related planning applications.

Cloister Gate

WRENN ID
seventh-groin-plum
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1991
Type
Gate
Address
Cloister Gate, the Precinct, ME1 1SR
OS grid reference
TQ 742 684
Coordinates
51.38861, 0.50283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 12th and 15th-century gateway, forming an entrance to the cloister from the precinct. It is constructed of coursed ragstone. The archway is quoined and topped with battlements, the merlons being coped. Sections of the side walls remain. On the cloister side, there are remnants of a Norman room with triple shafts in the corners, although the vault is missing. This room may have been the undercroft of the cellarer’s lodging.

Local climate

Cloister 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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