Walls, Railings and Lamps to Front of Public Record Office is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Walls, railings, lamps. 2 related planning applications.

Walls, Railings and Lamps to Front of Public Record Office

WRENN ID
seventh-pavement-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Walls, railings, lamps
Address
Walls, Railings and Lamps to Front of Public Record Office, Chancery Lane Wc2, City and County of the City of London, WC2A 1LR
OS grid reference
TQ 311 812
Coordinates
51.51488, -0.1113
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls, railings, and lamps in front of the Public Record Office were built between 1891 and 1896 as part of the extension designed by Sir John Taylor. The structure features rock-faced Portland stone with ashlar dressed walls, topped with ornate Gothic wrought iron railings. Gothic-style lamps are positioned over the piers.

Local climate

Walls, Railings and Lamps to Front of Public Record Office 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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