5 and 7, Queen Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. House, flats, school. 5 related planning applications.

5 and 7, Queen Street

WRENN ID
leaning-groin-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1953
Type
House, flats, school
Address
5 and 7, Queen Street, LA1 1RS
OS grid reference
SD 476 613
Coordinates
54.04555, -2.80131
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

5 and 7 Queen Street is a pair of houses, now part of a school (No. 5) and flats (No. 7), built in the late 18th century, specifically between 1778 and 1807. The buildings were altered in the early 19th and 20th centuries. They are constructed of sandstone ashlar and feature chamfered quoins, a slate roof, and gable stacks, with the left stack significantly reduced. The structure consists of three tall storeys above a tall basement, which is highlighted by chamfered rustication. Each house has three bays beneath an eaves cornice. A downpipe from the secret gutter is located in a recess between the two houses.

All windows have plain reveals and are sashed with glazing bars, featuring 15 panes on the ground and first storeys, and 9 panes on the second storey, where the joinery is relatively recent. There is a torus-moulded sill band on the second floor, and remnants of sill bands between the quoins on the other floors indicate that the sills for the first and second-floor windows have been lowered. The doorways are accessed via a double flight of 9 nosed steps that run parallel to the facade. These doorways are linked by a central feature that includes four fluted pilasters supporting a single broken scrolled pediment. The doors consist of 9 raised and fielded panels on the left and 6 panels on the right.

Inside No. 7, there are shutters on the first and ground floor windows. The railings outside feature stick balusters topped with urn finials on the standards, and there is an elaborate iron lamp holder centrally placed against the landing, which is adorned with a panel decorated with a double line of lozenges.

Local climate

5 and 7, Queen Street 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • 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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