Number 240 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. House. 5 related planning applications.
Number 240 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- half-solder-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Number 240 and Attached Railings, Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8JR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 308 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52456, -0.11587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 240 is an end-of-terrace house with a later shop, built around 1821-1826. It is constructed of yellow stock brick, which has been largely refaced. The building has four storeys and a basement, featuring three windows and a two-window return that contributes to the symmetrical frontage of Nos 1-21 Calthorpe Street. The central entrance has a round-arched doorway with a radial fanlight and a panelled door. To the left, there is a later 19th-century shopfront that has been altered. On the right side, there is a round-arched, recessed sash window with pointed lights. A stucco sill band is present on the first floor, and the upper floor sashes are recessed with concrete lintels. The building is topped with a parapet. The interior has not been inspected. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings with urn finials leading to the area on the return.
Local climate
Number 240 and Attached Railings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- 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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