Gate Piers at Lee Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at Lee Public Library

WRENN ID
stony-bonework-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham East MP: Janet Daby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at Lee Public Library, Old Road Se13
OS grid reference
TQ 393 750
Coordinates
51.45772, 0.00456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at Lee Public Library date from the 19th century and are located at the east and west of the walls surrounding the library. They are made of rusticated square stone and feature a key-patterned band as an architrave, with garlands in the frieze and a low pyramidal top. The wrought iron gates are modern additions. These gate piers, along with the library, Pentland House, and the surrounding walls, form a cohesive group of historical structures.

Local climate

Gate Piers at Lee Public Library 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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