Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to King Edward's School is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Wall, gate piers, gates. 1 related planning application.
Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to King Edward's School
- WRENN ID
- sharp-baluster-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Wall, gate piers, gates
- Address
- Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to King Edward's School, Broad Street, BA1 5LJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 750 650
- Coordinates
- 51.38429, -2.36037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustraded wall, gate piers, and gates to King Edward's School were built around 1760, with alterations made around 1884 and a 20th-century addition. They are likely the work of Thomas Jelly, who also designed the main building. The structure is made of limestone ashlar and features wrought iron elements. It includes six rusticated piers and three sections of dwarf wall, which are adorned with four faced bulbous balusters and moulded coping. The balustraded wall is a 20th-century replacement for the original wrought iron railings. There are two wrought iron gates with spearhead designs. The piers at the main entrance have cornice caps and are topped with urns decorated with acanthus motifs and Vitruvian scrolls. Three of the other piers feature vases with foliate designs and pine cone finials, although one of the pine cones is missing.
Local climate
Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to King Edward's School receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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