Gate Piers and Walls to the Bishops House is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Gate piers, walls.

Gate Piers and Walls to the Bishops House

WRENN ID
iron-clay-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gate piers, walls
Address
Gate Piers and Walls to the Bishops House, Kennington Park Place, SE11 4AS
OS grid reference
TQ 315 779
Coordinates
51.4853, -0.10701
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and walls to the Bishop's House were built around 1895, likely designed by the architect Richard Norman Shaw, who also designed the Bishop's House. They are constructed of brick in English bond with artificial stone dressings. At the west end of the site, there are a pair of square gate piers on a brick plinth, each topped with a moulded capstone that ends in an acanthus ball finial. To the right, there is a round-arched opening featuring a keystone and voussoir made of artificial stone. The wall is divided into twelve bays by setback pilasters and has a continuous parapet, with two additional bays at the east end. This structure forms a group with the Bishop's House.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Walls to the Bishops House 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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