Pair of Piers with Urns Each Side of St Anne's, Soho is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1987. Piers.
Pair of Piers with Urns Each Side of St Anne's, Soho
- WRENN ID
- rusted-string-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1987
- Type
- Piers
- Address
- Pair of Piers with Urns Each Side of St Anne's, Soho, Wardour Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 297 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51224, -0.13231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a pair of piers with urns located on either side of the Tower of St Anne's in Soho, Westminster. The urns date from 1677 to 1686 or possibly the 18th century, with the north urn of the north pair removed since 1963. The urns are made of Portland stone and are set on rendered piers. They feature carved foliage, domed tops, fluted necks, and concave square bases. These urns may have originally been part of the church tower, which was designed by either Sir Christopher Wren or William Talman during its construction between 1677 and 1686, although they do not match those depicted in Maitland's illustrations.
Local climate
Pair of Piers with Urns Each Side of St Anne's, Soho 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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