Railings and Retaining Wall to Park is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Railings, retaining wall.
Railings and Retaining Wall to Park
- WRENN ID
- pitched-ember-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Railings, retaining wall
- Address
- Railings and Retaining Wall to Park, Dorset Gardens, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 315 041
- Coordinates
- 50.82214, -0.13346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and retaining wall to the park in Dorset Gardens, Brighton, date from the late 19th century. The railings are made of cast iron, while the wall is constructed from flint and cement. Most of the vertical uprights are circular in shape and topped with conical spearheads. Every 16th upright is larger, square in shape, and also features a spearhead top, each supported by a scroll bracket anchored in a buttress on the park side of the wall. There are horizontal runners above the wall and just below the tops of the uprights, with shorter spiked uprights positioned between each full upright. The structure includes four gates, with the stanchions of each being square in section, adorned with studded bosses and a studded spear top. The gates located opposite Nos 11, 14, and 19-20 are intended for pedestrians, while the remaining gate is wider and designed for vehicles. This structure is included for its historical and group value.
Local climate
Railings and Retaining Wall to Park receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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