2, Islington Square is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Warehouse, former Music Academy. 1 related planning application.
2, Islington Square
- WRENN ID
- hidden-belfry-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1985
- Type
- Warehouse, former Music Academy
- Address
- 2, Islington Square, L3 8DD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 357 910
- Coordinates
- 53.41211, -2.96849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Islington Square is a warehouse that was formerly a music academy, built in the 1830s. The building is constructed of stucco and has two storeys with five bays, where the end bays project forward. The ground floor features channelled rustication and roundels above. The ground floor windows are sashed with glazing bars, while the first floor windows have small-paned casements. The entrance includes a porch with panelled antae, and the first floor end bays are framed by panelled pilasters that support a top entablature and blocking course.
Local climate
2, Islington Square sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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