North Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt with Gateway to Gardens is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Greek Doric Screen, gateway.

North Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt with Gateway to Gardens

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Screen, gateway
Address
North Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt with Gateway to Gardens, the Mall Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 290 797
Coordinates
51.50179, -0.14268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The north screen to Buckingham Palace forecourt, which includes a gateway to the gardens, was designed around 1830 by John Nash. It features a colonnade made of Bath stone and cast iron columns in the Greek Doric style. The screen has a central gateway with coupled columns, an entablature, and a balustrade that is set forward over the gateway, topped with an attic that displays carved Royal Arms.

Local climate

North Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt with Gateway to Gardens 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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