Pair of Wrought Iron Gates at Geffrey's Homes (Almshouses) is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. Gate.

Pair of Wrought Iron Gates at Geffrey's Homes (Almshouses)

WRENN ID
turning-brass-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromley
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1973
Type
Gate
Address
Pair of Wrought Iron Gates at Geffrey's Homes (Almshouses), Mottingham Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 425 724
Coordinates
51.43273, 0.0491
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There is a pair of very fine wrought iron gates at Geffrey's Homes (Almshouses) on Mottingham Road. The gates feature the motto "God is our strength" and are flanked by pillars topped with two impressive pieces of wrought ironwork.

Local climate

Pair of Wrought Iron Gates at Geffrey's Homes (Almshouses) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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