Entrance Gates and Screen on Old Brompton Road is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A Victorian Public structure. 1 related planning application.

Entrance Gates and Screen on Old Brompton Road

WRENN ID
silent-entrance-claret
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
Public structure
Period
Victorian
Address
Entrance Gates and Screen on Old Brompton Road, Old Brompton Road Sw10, SW5 9JE
OS grid reference
TQ 254 780
Coordinates
51.48791, -0.19395
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance gates and screen on Old Brompton Road serve as the entrance to Brompton Cemetery, designed by Benjamin Baud and built between 1839 and 1840. The structure features a triumphal arch entrance supported by engaged Roman Doric columns. Additionally, there are brick boundary walls that include large segmental headed openings along Old Brompton Road.

Local climate

Entrance Gates and Screen on Old Brompton Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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