Playground Walls, Railings and Gates to Primrose Hill Infants School is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Playground walls and gates. 1 related planning application.
Playground Walls, Railings and Gates to Primrose Hill Infants School
- WRENN ID
- burning-remnant-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Playground walls and gates
- Address
- Playground Walls, Railings and Gates to Primrose Hill Infants School, Princess Road, NW1 8JL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 838
- Coordinates
- 51.53941, -0.15166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The playground walls, railings, and gates at Primrose Hill Infants School were built around 1885 by E.R. Robson for the School Board for London. The perimeter walls are made of yellow brick and feature pilaster strips on a slightly projecting plinth. The playground is enclosed by cast-iron railings and includes three stone gateways, each adorned with pedimented features inscribed with the words "Infants," "Girls," and "Boys." The gates are made of wrought iron.
Local climate
Playground Walls, Railings and Gates to Primrose Hill Infants School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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