St Michael's Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. A C14 Gate. 1 related planning application.
St Michael's Gate
- WRENN ID
- winding-stair-jackdaw
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- St Michael's Gate, College Green, GL1 2LR
- OS grid reference
- SO 830 186
- Coordinates
- 51.86661, -2.24695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Michael's Gate, also known as the Gate to College Court, Upper College Gate, and Cemetery Gate, is a pedestrian gateway located in the former precinct wall of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, which is listed at Grade I. This structure dates from the 14th century and was altered in the 16th century.
The gateway is built of ashlar and brick, with the masonry on the south face showing significant weathering in places and capped with lead. It continues to function as an entrance into the south-east corner of College Green from College Court. Despite its weathered condition, the south front of the gateway is richly decorated, featuring moulded jambs and a shallow basket arch. Above the arch, there are remains of a shallow gablet with a finial and lower parts of blank panels, along with remnants of canopied niches on either side of the arch. At the first-floor level, there is a small 18th-century wing that projects over the gateway and is part of 1 College Green, which is separately listed at Grade II.
Local climate
St Michael's Gate receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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