Wall, Railings and Gate Piers to Bleak House is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. Wall, railings, gate piers.
Wall, Railings and Gate Piers to Bleak House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-balcony-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1971
- Type
- Wall, railings, gate piers
- Address
- Wall, Railings and Gate Piers to Bleak House, Catherine Street, AL3 5BS
- OS grid reference
- TL 146 077
- Coordinates
- 51.75639, -0.33977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall, railings, and gate piers to Bleak House date from the 18th century and are located on Catherine Street. The structure features an old brick wall to the east of the front courtyard, with cast iron railings in front. There are stone gate piers, which do not have gates, as well as corner piers topped with pineapple finials.
Local climate
Wall, Railings and Gate Piers to Bleak House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No sale records on file
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