Entrance Gates, Wall and Drinking Fountain to Holy Trinity Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Entrance gates and wall. 2 related planning applications.
Entrance Gates, Wall and Drinking Fountain to Holy Trinity Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- wild-remnant-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Entrance gates and wall
- Address
- Entrance Gates, Wall and Drinking Fountain to Holy Trinity Almshouses, Old Market Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 597 731
- Coordinates
- 51.4563, -2.58028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates, wall, and drinking fountain to the Holy Trinity Almshouses were built around 1857 by Foster and Wood. They are constructed from pennant rubble with limestone dressings. The wall is topped with wrought-iron railings featuring curved spikes, and there are two-leaf gates at the entrance that match the railings. A granite basin and tap for the drinking fountain are located at the corner with Midland Road.
Local climate
Entrance Gates, Wall and Drinking Fountain to Holy Trinity Almshouses 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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