Gateway with Adjoining Wall and Railing to Yard of Church of St Olave is a Grade II* listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A C17 Gateway.

Gateway with Adjoining Wall and Railing to Yard of Church of St Olave

WRENN ID
spare-pedestal-clover
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
Gateway
OS grid reference
TQ 333 808
Coordinates
51.51073, -0.0793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a gateway with an adjoining wall and railing that leads to the yard of the Church of St Olave, dated 1658. The wall and railing may be from the 18th century. The gateway is made of Portland stone and features a round arch topped by a segmental pediment, which has carvings of skulls in the tympanum and on either side. There are also carvings in the spandrels, while the rear is plain. The iron gates are possibly from the early 19th century. The wall is rendered with a Portland stone coping, and the railings are topped with multiple spikes that extend over the gateway.

Local climate

Gateway with Adjoining Wall and Railing to Yard of Church of St Olave 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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