Forecourt Railings and Lamps to Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Railings, lamps.

Forecourt Railings and Lamps to Number 2

WRENN ID
fallen-steeple-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Railings, lamps
Address
Forecourt Railings and Lamps to Number 2, Marylebone Road
OS grid reference
TQ 288 822
Coordinates
51.52422, -0.1445
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt railings and lamps at Number 2, located on the north side of Marylebone Road, date from the early 19th century. They feature cast-iron railings adorned with anthemion-enriched standards, along with lamp standards that include ladder bars and gryphon brackets. The lanterns are from the 20th century.

Local climate

Forecourt Railings and Lamps to Number 2 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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