Front Wall and Gates to Colston's Almshouses is a Grade I listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Wall and gates.

Front Wall and Gates to Colston's Almshouses

WRENN ID

fallen-minaret-primrose

Grade

I

Local Planning Authority

Bristol, City of

Constituency

Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)

Country

England

Date first listed

4 March 1977

Type

Wall and gates

Address

Front Wall and Gates to Colston's Almshouses, St Michaels Hill

OS grid reference

ST 584 733

Coordinates

51.45775, -2.59873

Source

Historic England listing

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Description

Local climate

Front Wall and Gates to Colston's 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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