Forecourt Railings to Numbers 18 and 20 is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Railings. 2 related planning applications.
Forecourt Railings to Numbers 18 and 20
- WRENN ID
- empty-entrance-cobweb
- 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
- Railings
- Address
- Forecourt Railings to Numbers 18 and 20, Shrubland Road E8, E8 4NN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 340 839
- Coordinates
- 51.53867, -0.06856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt railings to numbers 18 and 20 on Shrubland Road date from the 19th century and are of local interest. At either end of the railings, there are stone-capped stock brick piers. The cast iron railings feature decorative lotus flower heads, and number 18 has a matching gate. These railings, along with numbers 18 and 20, form a group with numbers 6 to 16 (even) and their own forecourt railings, contributing to the area's architectural character.
Local climate
Forecourt Railings to Numbers 18 and 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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