Gate Piers and Garden Railings to Number 1 Cornwall Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Gate piers, garden railings. 5 related planning applications.

Gate Piers and Garden Railings to Number 1 Cornwall Terrace

WRENN ID
long-joist-briar
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
Gate piers, garden railings
Address
Gate Piers and Garden Railings to Number 1 Cornwall Terrace, Cornwall Terrace Nw1, City of Westminster, NW1 4QP
OS grid reference
TQ 278 822
Coordinates
51.52447, -0.15847
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and garden railings at No. 1 Cornwall Terrace were built around 1821 to 1823. They feature cast iron railings topped with a linked circle band. The stone gate piers are plain but have incised decoration on the frieze below the caps.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Garden Railings to Number 1 Cornwall Terrace sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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