Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to Hertford House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Forecourt walls and railings.
Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to Hertford House
- WRENN ID
- strange-remnant-soot
- 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
- Forecourt walls and railings
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to Hertford House, Manchester Square W1, City of Westminster, W1U 3BN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51716, -0.15316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls, gate piers, and railings to Hertford House were constructed around 1872 to 1882 as part of alterations made by Sir Richard Wallace. They are made of red brick with stone dressings and cast iron. The flank walls feature buttress piers and end in square piers topped with large, ornate vases decorated with trophies and goat heads, designed in the Louis XV style. The gate piers have urn finials, and there are spearhead foot gates and carriage gates with crown finials on the standards, which flank the railings.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to Hertford House 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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