8, Highgate West Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. A C19 Villa. 2 related planning applications.
8, Highgate West Hill
- WRENN ID
- night-sentry-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- 8, Highgate West Hill, N6 6JR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 864
- Coordinates
- 51.56231, -0.15205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8, Highgate West Hill is an early 19th-century detached villa with later additions. The villa is constructed of stucco, with a slated hipped roof and projecting eaves. It has a double-fronted facade featuring three windows. A round-arched doorway is accentuated by stucco voussoir blocks, fluted quarter columns, a patterned fanlight, and a panelled door. Ground floor bay windows are canted and have colonnettes and penthouse roofs. First-floor windows are recessed sash windows, complete with shutters. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
8, Highgate West Hill 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 98% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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