Railings Around Square is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Railings.
Railings Around Square
- WRENN ID
- distant-spire-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railings
- Address
- Railings Around Square, Claremont Square
- OS grid reference
- TQ 312 830
- Coordinates
- 51.531, -0.10969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings around Claremont Square, dating from the mid-19th century, form the perimeter of the square. They are made of bracketed cast-iron and feature tasselled spear-head standards. The square was previously known as the 'New Reservoir' for the New River Head and is now elevated above the surrounding streets, supported by a grass-covered mound over the reservoir.
Local climate
Railings Around Square 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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