Forecourt Railings and Gate Piers to Numer 3 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Gate piers and railings.

Forecourt Railings and Gate Piers to Numer 3

WRENN ID
tangled-corridor-swift
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
Gate piers and railings
Address
Forecourt Railings and Gate Piers to Numer 3, Cheyne Walk Sw3
OS grid reference
TQ 275 777
Coordinates
51.48416, -0.16424
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt railings and gate piers to Number 3, dating from the 18th century, feature plain iron railings and a gate. On the right, there is a stone obelisk that is shared with Number 2. The left side has a stone pier topped with a stone cap and a ball finial.

Local climate

Forecourt Railings and Gate Piers to Numer 3 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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