Chestnuts House Pair of Forecourt Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1954. Gatepiers.

Chestnuts House Pair of Forecourt Piers

WRENN ID
sunken-spandrel-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1954
Type
Gatepiers
Address
Chestnuts House Pair of Forecourt Piers, 398, Hoe Street E17
OS grid reference
TQ 374 884
Coordinates
51.57811, -0.01712
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chestnuts House, located at 398 Hoe Street in Walthamstow, features a pair of 18th-century gatepiers. These piers are rendered and topped with cornices and ball finials. They are included in the listing for their group value.

Local climate

Chestnuts House Pair of Forecourt Piers 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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