Railings and Gate Piers to Forecourt of the Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Railings and gate piers.

Railings and Gate Piers to Forecourt of the Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
twisted-corbel-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Erith and Thamesmead MP: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Railings and gate piers
Address
Railings and Gate Piers to Forecourt of the Old Vicarage, Vicarage Park Se18
OS grid reference
TQ 443 782
Coordinates
51.48486, 0.07798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings and gate piers to the forecourt of The Old Vicarage date from the 18th century. They consist of cast iron railings with twist stems, which are set on a wall that separates the high front garden from the lower street level. The structure includes stone gate piers, but there are no gates present.

Local climate

Railings and Gate Piers to Forecourt of the Old Vicarage 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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