Forecourt Wall and Gates to Old Bishopsgate Goods Station is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Forecourt wall and gates. 3 related planning applications.

Forecourt Wall and Gates to Old Bishopsgate Goods Station

WRENN ID
sleeping-banister-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1975
Type
Forecourt wall and gates
Address
Forecourt Wall and Gates to Old Bishopsgate Goods Station, Shoreditch High Street E1, E1 6PA
OS grid reference
TQ 334 822
Coordinates
51.52314, -0.0772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt wall and gates to the Old Bishopsgate Goods Station, built in the late 19th century, are located on the east side of Shoreditch High Street. The structure features a red brick wall with a wide entrance that has a stone entablature and a tall panelled parapet above, which supports an elliptical oriel bay containing three sash windows. The oriel is made of stone and is adorned with a console bracketed cornice and scrolled abutments to the parapet, along with hoodmoulds over the windows.

The entrance is flanked by double wrought iron gates, each consisting of three panels that feature a large ornamental medallion in the center panel and top cresting. Below the half rail, there are double standards. Extending west from the north corner of the entrance bay is a long single gate that slopes down from left to right. This gate has four panels with medallions similar to those on the entrance gates, along with double standards below the half rail and cresting on the top slope. The date of 1884 is also displayed. At the west end of the gate, a tall ornamental cast iron pier with lamp-brackets secures the gate, which connects to a shorter similar pier attached to the wall on the right.

Local climate

Forecourt Wall and Gates to Old Bishopsgate Goods Station 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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