4, Queen Square is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. House. 5 related planning applications.

4, Queen Square

WRENN ID
nether-tower-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1953
Type
House
Address
4, Queen Square, LA1 1RN
OS grid reference
SD 476 614
Coordinates
54.04623, -2.80116
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A late 18th-century house, now offices, with alterations from the late 19th century. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar with slate roofs and follows a double-depth plan, featuring two rear extensions: a long, narrow one to the right and another with a three-sided termination to the left. It has two storeys and an attic above cellars, and comprises four bays beneath a wide moulded pediment. The windows are mostly sash windows with plain reveals and projecting sills. The two left-hand bays on the ground floor have been replaced by a square bay window containing two windows separated by a mullion, topped with a cornice and blocking course. A Diocletian window with Gothic glazing is set within the pediment. The doorway, located in the third bay, has a stone doorcase featuring engaged Tuscan columns and a triangular pediment. The door itself has six raised and fielded panels, along with an overlight. The rear wall incorporates a Diocletian window on the first floor, above a Venetian window. The interior was altered in the later 19th century and includes a rear stair hall with a staircase rising in three flights to a balustraded landing, featuring an open string and turned mahogany balusters.

Local climate

4, Queen Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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