Front Railings and Piers to Air Balloon Hill Council Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Railings and piers.

Front Railings and Piers to Air Balloon Hill Council Schools

WRENN ID
leaning-glass-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
Railings and piers
Address
Front Railings and Piers to Air Balloon Hill Council Schools, Hillsdie Road
OS grid reference
ST 632 734
Coordinates
51.45862, -2.53073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front railings and piers to Air Balloon Hill Council Schools were constructed around 1905 by the architectural firm Latrobe and Weston. They are designed in the Art Nouveau style and made of limestone ashlar and wrought iron. The structure features three pairs of large gate piers topped with domes. The middle pair is inscribed with the word "BOYS," while the right-hand pair is inscribed with "GIRLS." These railings and gates are part of a larger composition that includes the Infant School, Junior School, and Instruction Centre.

Local climate

Front Railings and Piers to Air Balloon Hill Council Schools receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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