Horseley Down Old Stairs and Hard is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Stairs.

Horseley Down Old Stairs and Hard

WRENN ID
solitary-moulding-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1983
Type
Stairs
Address
Horseley Down Old Stairs and Hard, Shad Thames
OS grid reference
TQ 336 801
Coordinates
51.5043, -0.07556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horsley Down Old Stairs and Hard is a set of stone stairs that lead down to a stone flagged hard, which is marked on Roque's map from 1746. The stairs are accessed from the land through the Anchor Brewhouse, via a new flight of steps.

Local climate

Horseley Down Old Stairs and Hard 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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