Gates and Railings on East Side of Forecourt to Former Foundling Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Gates, railings. 2 related planning applications.
Gates and Railings on East Side of Forecourt to Former Foundling Hospital
- WRENN ID
- narrow-gutter-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Gates, railings
- Address
- Gates and Railings on East Side of Forecourt to Former Foundling Hospital, Guilford Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 306 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52421, -0.11869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and railings on the east side of the forecourt to the former Foundling Hospital, located on Guilford Street in Camden, date from the 20th century. They are made of cast iron and feature railings topped with urn finials.
Local climate
Gates and Railings on East Side of Forecourt to Former Foundling Hospital 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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