Railings and Gates Around St Luke's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. A C19 Churchyard railings and gates. 1 related planning application.
Railings and Gates Around St Luke's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- hollow-gargoyle-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Churchyard railings and gates
- Address
- Railings and Gates Around St Luke's Churchyard, Old Street, EC1V 9NG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 323 824
- Coordinates
- 51.52533, -0.09375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and gates around St Luke's churchyard date from around 1852 and are made of brick and cast iron. They enclose the churchyard on all four sides, resting on a low brick wall that was likely originally faced with cast iron panels, which still exist on most of the Old Street side. On this side, the railings feature palmette finials and fluted standards of the same design, with a mid-rail and half-height railings. The gate-piers at the east and west ends consist of four clustered standards on either side, topped with lamp standards, although two standards are missing from the east gate-pier. Both gates at the west end display shields inscribed with 'ST.LUKE. MIDDLESEX. A.D.1852.' The railings along Helmet Row, Ironmonger Row, and Mitchell Street are simpler in design, with gate-piers formed of clustered standards in Helmet Row and Mitchell Row. Scrolled brackets are present throughout the railings.
Local climate
Railings and Gates Around St Luke's Churchyard 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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