Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gates to Southcroft is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Railings, piers, gates.

Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gates to Southcroft

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Railings, piers, gates
Address
Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gates to Southcroft, Brent Street, Brent Knoll
OS grid reference
ST 329 511
Coordinates
51.2558, -2.96198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt railings, piers, and gates to Southcroft date from the mid-19th century. They feature a brick plinth topped with low wrought-iron railings that have quatrefoil decoration and leaf capping. At each end, there is a brick pier with a stone cap and a ball finial. To the left, there is a single decorative wrought-iron gate, while to the right, there are paired decorative wrought-iron gates.

Local climate

Forecourt Railings, Piers and Gates to Southcroft receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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