Gates with Gate Piers and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Gate.

Gates with Gate Piers and Steps

WRENN ID
shifting-frieze-plover
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
Gate
Address
Gates with Gate Piers and Steps, Crown Office Row Ec4, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 312 809
Coordinates
51.51241, -0.11019
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates with gate piers and steps located at Crown Office Row in the Inner Temple date back to 1730. They feature elaborate wrought iron gates and a pair of Portland stone piers topped with carved urns. The structure includes curved steps leading to the south.

Local climate

Gates with Gate Piers and Steps 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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