Gate Piers to Courtyard to Right of Princess Mary House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Gate piers.
Gate Piers to Courtyard to Right of Princess Mary House
- WRENN ID
- over-mortar-myrtle
- 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
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Courtyard to Right of Princess Mary House, Vincent Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 4HL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 787
- Coordinates
- 51.49293, -0.13086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to the courtyard to the right of Princess Mary House were built between 1928 and 1930 by Sir Edwin Lutyens as part of his work for the Grosvenor Estate. They are constructed from ashlar and feature tall square piers topped with ball finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Courtyard to Right of Princess Mary House 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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