Walls, gate-piers, railings and gate at south end of Abney Park Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. Boundary wall and gate.

Walls, gate-piers, railings and gate at south end of Abney Park Cemetery

WRENN ID
young-courtyard-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Boundary wall and gate
Address
Walls, gate-piers, railings and gate at south end of Abney Park Cemetery, Church Street, Stoke Newington, N16 0AP
OS grid reference
TQ 333 865
Coordinates
51.56232, -0.07758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls, gate-piers, railings, and gate at the south end of Abney Park Cemetery date from the 18th century. The walls and gate-piers are original, while the railings and gate were likely lost during the Second World War and were restored around 1982 to match the original design.

The structure features a mix of red and yellow brick walls laid in either Flemish or header bond, with stuccoed piers and walls beneath the railings. The gate and railings are made of cast iron, and there is one surviving stone ball finial out of two originally present.

The layout includes a central gate with an overthrow, flanked by low stuccoed walls that have cast iron spear railings. These railings feature urn finials at intervals and central scrolled panels that end in square stuccoed piers with moulded cornices. The eastern pier has a stone ball finial, while the western pier was missing its finial at the time of the survey. Curved sections of brick wall in header bond are attached to the piers, with some upper parts renewed, leading to straight sections in Flemish bond, which are also partly renewed.

A later 20th-century brick wall and steps on the north side are not included in the listing.

Local climate

Walls, gate-piers, railings and gate at south end of Abney Park Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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