Railings Around Crescent Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Railings.

Railings Around Crescent Gardens

WRENN ID
dim-forge-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Railings
Address
Railings Around Crescent Gardens, Park Crescent W1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 286 821
Coordinates
51.52364, -0.14636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings around Crescent Gardens were designed around 1812 by John Nash. They are made of cast iron and feature Grecian spear head designs, set between openwork obelisk standards.

Local climate

Railings Around Crescent 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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  3. Statue of Edward Augustus Duke of Kent, on the South Edge of the Crescent Gardens Axial to Portland Place Grade II 71 m
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