Essex Watergate Closing South End of Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Triumphal gateway.
Essex Watergate Closing South End of Street
- WRENN ID
- tall-jade-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1970
- Type
- Triumphal gateway
- Address
- Essex Watergate Closing South End of Street, Essex Street Wc2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51185, -0.11214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Essex Watergate is a "Triumphal" gateway built around 1676 by Barbon as a decorative end to his "polite" Essex Street development, which concealed his commercial wharf below. The gateway was damaged during World War II but was repaired and integrated into a building constructed in 1953 at the end of the street. It features a grand design with giant fluted Corinthian pilasters on pedestals that support an archivolt arch, showcasing Barbon's bold architectural style intended to impress the middle class.
Local climate
Essex Watergate Closing South End of Street 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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