Gates, Dwarf Wall and Railings to High Town Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1981. Gates and railings.
Gates, Dwarf Wall and Railings to High Town Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-tower-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1981
- Type
- Gates and railings
- Address
- Gates, Dwarf Wall and Railings to High Town Methodist Church, High Town Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 093 218
- Coordinates
- 51.88435, -0.41239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, dwarf wall, and railings to High Town Methodist Church date from the 19th century and are located on High Town Road. The central feature consists of a pair of wrought iron gates set between brick pillars that have stone dressings. The pillars are topped with circular mouldings that support wrought iron gas lamps. On either side of the gates, there is a run of short railings that are mounted on a dwarf stone wall, with a similar terminal pillar on the right-hand side.
Local climate
Gates, Dwarf Wall and Railings to High Town Methodist Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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