Railing and Gates Approximately 13 Metres West of Lime House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Railing and gates.
Railing and Gates Approximately 13 Metres West of Lime House
- WRENN ID
- deep-landing-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Railing and gates
- OS grid reference
- TL 860 276
- Coordinates
- 51.91665, 0.70325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and gates located approximately 13 metres west of Lime House date from the early 19th century. They consist of cast iron railings, a dwarf wall made of red and blue bricks, and end piers constructed from yellow bricks. This structure forms a boundary along Coggeshall Road and features 12 hollow iron piers with railings in between. There is a small gate at each end, with each gate flanked by a brick pier topped with a cast iron ball finial. The overall length of the railings and gates is approximately 26 metres, showcasing a geometrical design of entwined ellipses and fleurs-de-lys.
Local climate
Railing and Gates Approximately 13 Metres West of Lime House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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