Terraces in Front of Horniman Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Terraces.

Terraces in Front of Horniman Museum

WRENN ID
tenth-brass-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich MP: Ellie Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Terraces
Address
Terraces in Front of Horniman Museum, London Road Se23
OS grid reference
TQ 348 730
Coordinates
51.44067, -0.06094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The terraces in front of the Horniman Museum, built around 1902, feature stone paving across five levels, connected by flights of steps. The main flight includes curved side walls with sturdy round piers at both the top and bottom, and it has three wrought iron lampholders. To the left on the lower level, which is paved with concrete, there is a fountain consisting of two round steps and a limestone stem topped with a round bronze bowl.

Local climate

Terraces in Front of Horniman Museum sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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