Iron Railings Enclosing Front Garden of Blake House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Railings.

Iron Railings Enclosing Front Garden of Blake House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
weathered-postern-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Railings
Address
Iron Railings Enclosing Front Garden of Blake House Farmhouse, the Salings
OS grid reference
TL 701 232
Coordinates
51.88208, 0.47108
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The iron railings enclosing the front garden of Blake House Farmhouse date from the 19th century and are made of cast iron. They feature ornate designs with arrow heads on the rails, as well as moulded capitals and bases on the posts, which are topped with decorative crowns. These railings form a significant group with the farmhouse and its associated outbuildings, which are also listed.

Local climate

Iron Railings Enclosing Front Garden of Blake House Farmhouse 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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