Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Main Buildings of Forest School is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Gates.
Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Main Buildings of Forest School
- WRENN ID
- young-rubblework-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Gates
- Address
- Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Main Buildings of Forest School, College Place E17
- OS grid reference
- TQ 392 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58521, 0.00886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gates, gatepiers, and railings to the main buildings of Forest School, located on the north side of College Place in Walthamstow, date from the early 19th century. They are made of cast iron and feature openwork gatepiers adorned with foliated panels, which are topped by acroteria. The gates and railings are designed with fleur de lys standards.
Local climate
Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Main Buildings of Forest School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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