Front Railings and Forecourt Wall and Gate to Kennington Palace Court is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Railings and wall.
Front Railings and Forecourt Wall and Gate to Kennington Palace Court
- WRENN ID
- winter-wattle-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Railings and wall
- Address
- Front Railings and Forecourt Wall and Gate to Kennington Palace Court, Sancroft Street Se11
- OS grid reference
- TQ 310 783
- Coordinates
- 51.48921, -0.11382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front railings, forecourt wall, and gate to Kennington Palace Court date from 1925. The structure features a stone-coped stock brick wall with tall gate piers at both ends and in the center. It is adorned with tall wrought iron railings that have gilt urn finials at intervals. The central wrought iron gate includes an overthrow that bears the Prince of Wales' feathers. The gate piers are topped with pineapple finials, and there are matching but lower front railings on the side wings.
Local climate
Front Railings and Forecourt Wall and Gate to Kennington Palace Court 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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