Gateway and railings across south end of street with retaining wall steps down to Victoria Embankment Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Gateway and railings.
Gateway and railings across south end of street with retaining wall steps down to Victoria Embankment Gardens
- WRENN ID
- mired-lintel-elder
- 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
- Gateway and railings
- Address
- Gateway and railings across south end of street with retaining wall steps down to Victoria Embankment Gardens, Buckingham Street, Wc2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50818, -0.12302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gateway and railings are located at the south end of Buckingham Street in the City of Westminster, dating from the mid-18th century. The structure features cast iron railings topped with urn finials, along with a central cast iron gate that has a spiked top rail and dog rails. The retaining wall is made of Portland stone and includes a double flight of steps that lead down in parallel to the Victoria Embankment Gardens.
Local climate
Gateway and railings across south end of street with retaining wall steps down to Victoria Embankment Gardens 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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