St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) wrought-iron gates is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Gates. 4 related planning applications.

St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) wrought-iron gates

WRENN ID
slow-tracery-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Gates
Address
St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) wrought-iron gates, Pratt Street, NW1 0AB
OS grid reference
TQ 291 838
Coordinates
51.53921, -0.13892
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of wrought-iron gates, dating to the early 19th century with 20th-century additions, stand at St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground). The gates feature a scroll design and an overthrow bearing the lettering "St Martins" in wrought iron. Originally part of St Martin-in-the-Fields Burial Ground, consecrated in 1805 and closed in 1856, the area was opened as public gardens on 24 July 1889 by the Countess of Rosebery, who also unveiled a monument to Charles Dibdin. The original Pratt Street entrance was marked by cast-iron gates with posts topped with Greek urns, which were removed after 1974.

Local climate

St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) wrought-iron gates 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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