Forecourt Railings and Gates to Red Barracks, and Gate Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. Railings and gates. 1 related planning application.

Forecourt Railings and Gates to Red Barracks, and Gate Lodge

WRENN ID
silver-bastion-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Railings and gates
Address
Forecourt Railings and Gates to Red Barracks, and Gate Lodge, Frances Street Se18
OS grid reference
TQ 427 786
Coordinates
51.48903, 0.05447
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt railings and gates to the Red Barracks, along with the gate lodge, date from the 19th century. The high railings are made of cast iron and feature spiked cross bands at the center and base, with a plain cross band at the top. Column standards with ball finials are positioned at intervals. The railings are supported by rusticated grey brick piers that have a stone entablature and blocking course. This structure rests on a heavy stone coping of a retaining wall made from multicoloured stock brick.

To the right, there is a section of red brick that includes a single round arched door, which leads to a pair of heavy sandstone piers adorned with entablature pediments and ornamental front panels. These piers support double doors that have pierced panels. Another section of red brick leads to the end wall of the one-storey lodge. The lodge features red brick with a frieze and rusticated quoins made of grey brick, a stone cornice and pediment, and a stone-coped plinth. Additionally, there is a round-headed niche with a stone cill.

Local climate

Forecourt Railings and Gates to Red Barracks, and Gate Lodge 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 98% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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