Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Church of St John the Baptist 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 Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
heavy-rood-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
Gates
Address
Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Church of St John the Baptist, High Road E11
OS grid reference
TQ 394 874
Coordinates
51.56841, 0.01069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, gatepiers, and railings to the Church of St John the Baptist are a pair of gatepiers and gates made of cast iron, designed in the Gothic style. The gatepiers are taller and feature hipped roof finials along with blind traceried sides. The tall cast-iron railings and gates include fleur de lys standards that rise through a cusped gabled band, with taller gabled standards positioned at intervals.

Local climate

Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Church of St John the Baptist 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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