Railings Enclosing Playing Field Approximately 95 Metres South of Bootham Park Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Fencing.
Railings Enclosing Playing Field Approximately 95 Metres South of Bootham Park Hospital
- WRENN ID
- buried-wattle-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1997
- Type
- Fencing
- OS grid reference
- SE 600 526
- Coordinates
- 53.9666, -1.08553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings enclosing the playing field, located approximately 95 meters south of Bootham Park Hospital in York, were constructed in 1857 and are listed as a building of group value. The structure consists of a length of wall and railings that measures approximately 200 meters long and stands between 3.5 to 4.0 meters high, enclosing the north-west and north-east sides of the playing field.
The design features a dwarf wall made of red brick with a cambered coping, complemented by piers made of tooled stone. There are cast-iron carriage gates situated between rendered brick gate piers. The railings are square in section, set diagonally in the dwarf wall, and topped with spear finials. The piers are square in plan, chamfered, and taper to octagonal domed heads. The carriage gates are made of the same railings and include arcuate braces beneath the dog rail, with the gate piers also being square in plan and featuring flat caps. The railings were manufactured by William Walker of Walmgate.
Local climate
Railings Enclosing Playing Field Approximately 95 Metres South of Bootham Park Hospital receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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