Front Wall and Piers to London College of Furniture is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Wall.

Front Wall and Piers to London College of Furniture

WRENN ID
over-rafter-grain
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
Wall
Address
Front Wall and Piers to London College of Furniture, Pitfield Street N1
OS grid reference
TQ 330 827
Coordinates
51.52842, -0.08373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front wall and piers to the London College of Furniture, dating from around 1825, consist of a low granite wall that originally had railings, which are now missing. The structure features ten tall square granite piers topped with a Portland stone cornice and blocking course. There are two pairs of piers on either side and a single pier marking the outer corners.

Local climate

Front Wall and Piers to London College of Furniture 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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