Wall to Playground/Forecourt, Railings and Gateway to St George's School is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Wall, gateway. 19 related planning applications.
Wall to Playground/Forecourt, Railings and Gateway to St George's School
- WRENN ID
- buried-pewter-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Wall, gateway
- Address
- Wall to Playground/Forecourt, Railings and Gateway to St George's School, South Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50871, -0.14993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This wall, railings, and gateway date from 1897-98 and were designed by P.A. Robson for St George’s School. The wall is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, exhibiting Arts and Crafts detailing. It runs between domical stone-capped piers, with iron railings extending on either side of a central Tudor arched stone doorway. The doorway surround curves up into the parapet coping. The wall is swept and has a stone cope. This feature forms a boundary to a playground or forecourt.
Local climate
Wall to Playground/Forecourt, Railings and Gateway to St George's School 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 19 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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- 36, South Street W1
- 2 Cisterns, One in South West Corner and One at East End of St George's Gardens
- 42 and 44, Hill Street W1
- Two Bollards at North East and South East Corners of Junction with Chesterfield Hill