Wall and Gateway to St John's Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. Wall and gateway.

Wall and Gateway to St John's Buildings

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1975
Type
Wall and gateway
Address
Wall and Gateway to St John's Buildings, Skirbeck Road
OS grid reference
TF 332 433
Coordinates
52.97131, -0.01699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and gateway to St John's Buildings, built in 1837, features a low brick wall topped with stone coping and cast-iron railings adorned with decorative finials. At both ends of the wall, there are double gates that are ramped down, flanked by ashlar piers. The piers at the west end are also topped with ashlar copings.

Local climate

Wall and Gateway to St John's Buildings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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