Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gate to Number 15 and Number 16 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Gate and railings.
Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gate to Number 15 and Number 16
- WRENN ID
- tenth-panel-peregrine
- 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 and railings
- Address
- Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gate to Number 15 and Number 16, Cheyne Walk Sw3, SW3 5RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 274 776
- Coordinates
- 51.48386, -0.16572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt railings, piers, and gate serving numbers 15 and 16 Cheyne Walk date back to the 18th century. They feature giant brick piers with stone bases and cornice caps, topped with rusticated balls on pedestals. The wrought iron railings and gate are of exceptional quality, with number 16 displaying similar piers and very elaborate wrought iron railings and gates.
Local climate
Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gate to Number 15 and Number 16 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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