51 and 53 James Street is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1974. Commercial. 5 related planning applications.
51 and 53 James Street
- WRENN ID
- south-gable-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 51 and 53 James Street, BB1 6BE
- OS grid reference
- SD 682 284
- Coordinates
- 53.75103, -2.48224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
51 and 53 James Street are a pair of brick buildings with stone dressings, dating from the late 18th century. They stand on the north side of St John’s Church, Victoria Street, and contribute to a group value with the church and numbers 25 to 31 (odd) Victoria Street.
Number 51 has a panelled door leading up to steps with an iron rail, and an arched doorway with two orders. There is one sash window on the ground floor and two on each of the upper floors, each with flat brick-arched lintels. Number 53 is larger, and features a centrally placed panelled door leading up to three steps, with a segmental arched fanlight above. The doorway is framed by Ionic three-quarter columns, a frieze, a cornice, and a rudimentary pediment set within a segmental brick arch. The ground floor has two double sash windows, while the upper floors contain three modern windows. A rainwater head dated 1791 is also present.
Local climate
51 and 53 James Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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