Railings and Gate Piers to Oldknow Secondary School and Number 78 is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Railings, gate piers.
Railings and Gate Piers to Oldknow Secondary School and Number 78
- WRENN ID
- floating-bailey-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley MP: Jess Phillips (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Railings, gate piers
- Address
- Railings and Gate Piers to Oldknow Secondary School and Number 78, Oldknow Road B10
- OS grid reference
- SP 104 851
- Coordinates
- 52.46444, -1.84752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and gate piers to Oldknow Secondary School and Number 78 were built between 1903 and 1905 by the architect Buckland. They feature red brick piers with stone caps that are subtly detailed. The design includes a dwarf wall topped with iron coping and railings that exhibit a quiet originality characteristic of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Local climate
Railings and Gate Piers to Oldknow Secondary School and Number 78 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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