The Nails is a Grade I listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. A Renaissance Fitting.
The Nails
- WRENN ID
- fossil-hall-acorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1959
- Type
- Fitting
- Period
- Renaissance
- Address
- The Nails, Corn Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 588 730
- Coordinates
- 51.45462, -2.59364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nails is a Grade I listed structure located on Corn Street in Bristol. It consists of four baluster stands made of brass, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The stands are turned and flat-topped, with the middle two being identical. The eastern stand is late Elizabethan and features no inscription. The stands were gifts from notable individuals: one from Alderman Kitche in 1594, another from Nicholas Crisp in 1625, made by Thomas Hobson, and a third from George White in 1631. Historically, these stands were situated beneath a covered way on the north side of All Saints' Church and were used for settling deals.
Local climate
The Nails 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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