Bollard at South Entrance (Southeast Corner) is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Bollard.

Bollard at South Entrance (Southeast Corner)

WRENN ID
steep-string-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Bollard
Address
Bollard at South Entrance (Southeast Corner), Granville Square, WC1X 9PD
OS grid reference
TQ 309 826
Coordinates
51.52751, -0.11321
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron bollard located at the south entrance of Granville Square, positioned at the southeast corner of the intersection with Granville Street. It dates from around 1841 to 1843 and features a cannon type design, supported on a square iron base.

Local climate

Bollard at South Entrance (Southeast Corner) 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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