South Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt Backing Onto Ambassadors' Court is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Victorian Colonnade screen.

South Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt Backing Onto Ambassadors' Court

WRENN ID
stranded-rubble-sage
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Colonnade screen
Period
Victorian
Address
South Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt Backing Onto Ambassadors' Court, the Mall Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 290 796
Coordinates
51.5007, -0.1415
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The south screen to Buckingham Palace forecourt, backing onto Ambassadors' Court, is a colonnade screen built around 1836 or in the 1840s, likely designed by Blore. It features bath stone and cast iron columns in a Greek Doric style. The screen includes a central coupled column that forms a former gateway, an entablature, and a balustrade that is broken forward over the gateway, topped with an attic and carved Royal Arms.

Local climate

South Screen to Buckingham Palace Forecourt Backing Onto Ambassadors' Court 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Buckingham Palace Gates, Railings, Piers and Gate Piers with Lamps Fronting Buckingham Gate and As Entrance to Ambassadors' Court Grade I 60 m
  2. Buckingham Gate Lodge,Gate Piers,Gates and Railings Grade II* 72 m
  3. 7 Lamp Standards on Approach to Victoria Memorial from Buckingham Gate Grade II 85 m
  4. Duchy of Cornwall Office Grade II 88 m
  5. Buckingham Palace Forecourt Gate Piers, Gates, Railings and Lamps Grade I 96 m
  6. Buckingham Palace Grade I 98 m
  7. 16, Buckingham Gate SW1 Grade II* 132 m
  8. 3 Lamp Standards on Approach to Victoria Memorial from Birdcage Walk Grade II 136 m
  9. 17, Buckingham Gate SW1 Grade II 141 m
  10. Queen Victoria Memorial Grade I 142 m