Iron Railings to St Martins Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Railings.

Iron Railings to St Martins Cottage

WRENN ID
solemn-pedestal-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
Railings
Address
Iron Railings to St Martins Cottage, High Street, Ongar
OS grid reference
TL 553 029
Coordinates
51.7037, 0.24639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cast iron railings at St Martins Cottage date from the 19th century. They feature ornate fleur-de-lis heads and enclose the front garden as well as the adjacent burial ground.

Local climate

Iron Railings to St Martins Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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