Railings Round Gardens and Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Railings.
Railings Round Gardens and Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- old-lime-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railings
- Address
- Railings Round Gardens and Recreation Ground, Thornhill Square
- OS grid reference
- TQ 308 841
- Coordinates
- 51.5408, -0.11522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Railings round the gardens and recreation ground date from around 1852 and are made of cast iron. They form the perimeter of the central garden square and feature foliated spear-head finials atop a curved and moulded base.
Local climate
Railings Round Gardens and Recreation Ground 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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