Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers at the Central Foundation School for Girls is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Forecourt wall and gate piers.
Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers at the Central Foundation School for Girls
- WRENN ID
- cold-rampart-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Forecourt wall and gate piers
- Address
- Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers at the Central Foundation School for Girls, Spital Square E1
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 819
- Coordinates
- 51.52028, -0.0778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall and gate piers at The Central Foundation School for Girls date from the 19th century. The structure features a buttressed wall made of red and terra-cotta brick, adorned with geometric designs. There are two pairs of gate piers and a corner pier, all topped with stone caps and ball finials. A ceramic tablet embedded in the wall marks the site of the former Spital Pulpit Cross. The nearby No 37 and the street lamp standard are part of the group value context with the school’s buildings and walls.
Local climate
Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers at the Central Foundation School for Girls 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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