Railing and Dwarf Wall to Church of All Hallows (Flanking Great Tower Street) is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A C18 Railing and wall. 2 related planning applications.

Railing and Dwarf Wall to Church of All Hallows (Flanking Great Tower Street)

WRENN ID
dark-gravel-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Railing and wall
Address
Railing and Dwarf Wall to Church of All Hallows (Flanking Great Tower Street), Great Tower Street Ec3, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 333 806
Coordinates
51.50924, -0.07936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railing and dwarf wall flanking Great Tower Street belong to the Church of All Hallows and date from the 18th century. The wall is rendered and features a heavy Portland stone coping, while the railing has urn finials. The wall itself is made of exposed yellow brick and has a return at the east end.

Local climate

Railing and Dwarf Wall to Church of All Hallows (Flanking Great Tower Street) 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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