13 Stone Bollards on Pavement Curb Surrounding St John's Smith Square Concert Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Bollard. 6 related planning applications.
13 Stone Bollards on Pavement Curb Surrounding St John's Smith Square Concert Hall
- WRENN ID
- fallen-ashlar-kestrel
- 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
- Bollard
- Address
- 13 Stone Bollards on Pavement Curb Surrounding St John's Smith Square Concert Hall, Smith Square Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 3HA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 791
- Coordinates
- 51.49621, -0.12699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are 13 stone bollards on the pavement curb surrounding St John's Smith Square Concert Hall, dating from around 1726 to 1728. These bollards were part of Sir James Smith's original design for the square. Made from Portland stone, they are octagonal and tapered, serving to define the pavement around Archer's church.
Local climate
13 Stone Bollards on Pavement Curb Surrounding St John's Smith Square Concert Hall 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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
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