Forecourt Wall, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Number 23 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Gate piers and railings.
Forecourt Wall, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Number 23
- WRENN ID
- empty-chapel-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Gate piers and railings
- Address
- Forecourt Wall, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Number 23, Calthorpe Road B15
- OS grid reference
- SP 055 857
- Coordinates
- 52.46977, -1.92003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall, railings, gate piers, and gates to number 23 on Calthorpe Road in Edgbaston are a notable example of 19th-century design. The structure features a dwarf stucco wall topped with an elegant set of Grecian cast iron railings, which exhibit typical Birmingham details from the period, including spear and crescent heads. The railings rise up to a central lamp standard and are flanked by pairs of open work piers adorned with anthemion and scroll patterns, topped with acanthus finials. The gates are designed with vertical and diagonal trellis work, also featuring spear heads.
Local climate
Forecourt Wall, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Number 23 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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