Niche in North West Corner of Forecourt of Geffrye Museum is a Grade II* listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. A Victorian Niche. 5 related planning applications.

Niche in North West Corner of Forecourt of Geffrye Museum

WRENN ID
high-chalk-hemlock
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
Niche
Period
Victorian
Address
Niche in North West Corner of Forecourt of Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road E2
OS grid reference
TQ 334 832
Coordinates
51.5322, -0.07684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The niche in the north-west corner of the forecourt of the Geffrye Museum is a Grade II* listed structure. It is made of red brick and framed by fluted and reeded Ionic columns, which are somewhat damaged. The niche features entablatures and an open pediment adorned with dentils and modillions. The head of the niche is crafted from finely gauged brick, with a moulded impost band and a central mask set against a shell design. At the bottom, there is a low shelf or seat topped with stone.

Local climate

Niche in North West Corner of Forecourt of Geffrye Museum 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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