Railings at West End of Street and Railings to Steps Down to Railway Level is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Railings.

Railings at West End of Street and Railings to Steps Down to Railway Level

WRENN ID
sunken-cobalt-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1985
Type
Railings
Address
Railings at West End of Street and Railings to Steps Down to Railway Level, Bank Street
OS grid reference
SD 802 107
Coordinates
53.59253, -2.30007
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

At the west end of Bank Street, there are railings and railings leading down to the railway level, likely dating from around 1860. These railings are made of very heavy cast iron and stand about 6 feet tall. They feature sprouting finials and stanchions topped with larger pepper-pot finials. At the top of the steps, there are granite plinths and gate piers that have flat moulded caps, although the gates have been removed.

Local climate

Railings at West End of Street and Railings to Steps Down to Railway Level sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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