Walled Entrance Screen and Archway to the New Room is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Wall, archway.

Walled Entrance Screen and Archway to the New Room

WRENN ID
sunken-vault-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
Wall, archway
Address
Walled Entrance Screen and Archway to the New Room, Broadmead
OS grid reference
ST 591 733
Coordinates
51.45758, -2.58983
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walled entrance screen and archway to the New Room in Bristol dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of squared coursed Lias stone with limestone ashlar dressings. The design features an elliptical arch that includes a key and impost, along with wrought-iron gates topped with urn finials.

Local climate

Walled Entrance Screen and Archway to the New Room receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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