Front Court Railings and Side Court Railings, The New Schools, Eton College is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1973. Railings.

Front Court Railings and Side Court Railings, The New Schools, Eton College

WRENN ID
waiting-zinc-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1973
Type
Railings
OS grid reference
SU 966 779
Coordinates
51.49241, -0.60962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front court railings and side court railings at The New Schools, Eton College, were created in the later 19th century and are made of wrought iron. They are tall and feature twisted shafts, decorative heads, panels, gates, and overthrows, all designed to complement the New Schools.

Local climate

Front Court Railings and Side Court Railings, The New Schools, Eton College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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