Steps, Walls, Piers, Gates and Lamps Fronting Church of St George, Brandon Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Steps and gates. 10 related planning applications.
Steps, Walls, Piers, Gates and Lamps Fronting Church of St George, Brandon Hill
- WRENN ID
- silent-rafter-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Steps and gates
- Address
- Steps, Walls, Piers, Gates and Lamps Fronting Church of St George, Brandon Hill, Great George Street, BS1 5RH
- OS grid reference
- ST 581 729
- Coordinates
- 51.45413, -2.60359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps, walls, piers, gates, and lamps in front of the Church of St George on Brandon Hill were constructed around 1823. They are made of pennant ashlar stone, with wrought-iron and cast-iron elements. The structure features four flights of steps, with flanking piers at the second flight and a wall behind the steps. At the top of the first flight, there are spear gates topped with ball finials. Additionally, two gas lamps are situated at the top of the second flight, mounted on fluted pedestals with acanthus capitals, featuring a tapered shaft and glazed lamp.
Local climate
Steps, Walls, Piers, Gates and Lamps Fronting Church of St George, Brandon Hill 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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