Boundary Wall, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Close is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. A C19 Boundary wall.
Boundary Wall, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Close
- WRENN ID
- calm-keep-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Close, Sans Walk
- OS grid reference
- TQ 314 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52512, -0.10632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall of Kingsway College, located on Clerkenwell Close, is a significant structure that includes parts of the former Middlesex House of Detention built in 1847. This wall has undergone repairs and alterations, particularly in 1893 and 1902, when it became part of the boundary for the former Hugh Myddelton Schools. The wall runs along the entire site on Skinner Street and Clerkenwell Close, extending from the School Keeper's House to the eastern end of an outbuilding from around 1892 in Sans Walk. It is constructed of brown and yellow brick, primarily laid in English bond, and features tiled coping, occasional brick piers topped with stone, and buttresses on the inner sides. There are entrances for 'Special Girls' and 'Girls and Infants' on Skinner Street, as well as for 'Girls and Infants' and 'Cookery & Laundry' on Clerkenwell Close, all adorned with stone architraves and wrought-iron gates.
Local climate
Boundary Wall, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Close 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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