Four Flights of Steps, Niches Flanking Top Flight and Plaque is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Steps. 2 related planning applications.
Four Flights of Steps, Niches Flanking Top Flight and Plaque
- WRENN ID
- silver-joist-gilt
- 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
- Address
- Four Flights of Steps, Niches Flanking Top Flight and Plaque, Christmas Steps, BS1 5BS
- OS grid reference
- ST 585 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45618, -2.59735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure comprises four flights of steps, niches, and a memorial plaque, dating from 1865 and 1881. The steps are constructed of pennant stone, with limestone ashlar detailing. There are four flights of 49 steps each. The top flight is flanked by opposing rows of six semicircular-arched niches, each protected by a weathering moulding. A square plaque, surmounted by a panel dated 1881, is positioned above the southern set of niches. This plaque features flanking consoles and an inscription stating "Stepped 1669, rebuilt 1865," and lists the names of those involved, alongside the name “Oveene Street”.
Local climate
Four Flights of Steps, Niches Flanking Top Flight and Plaque 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- 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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