Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22 is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1969. Terraced houses. 11 related planning applications.

Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22

WRENN ID
former-plaster-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 1969
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22, Bloomsbury Square
OS grid reference
TQ 302 817
Coordinates
51.51935, -0.12384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 18-22 are a row of five terraced houses built between 1800 and 1805, designed by James Burton. They are constructed from multi-coloured stock brick and rise four storeys with basements. Each house features three windows, while number 22 has a four-window return, mostly blind, facing Bedford Place. The entrances are round-headed and set in recesses, with reeded pilaster jambs that support cornice-heads. The doors are panelled, and number 19 has a radial fanlight above it. The windows have gauged red brick flat arches, with recessed sash windows and a first-floor casement, some retaining original glazing bars. The first floor has continuous cast-iron balconies, with numbers 19 and 21 featuring tented verandah roofs supported by cast-iron columns. A continuous sill band is present on the third floor, and the terrace is topped with a parapet.

The interiors have not been inspected. Notable external features include attached cast-iron railings with urn finials leading to the areas. Number 22 has an attached garden wall that returns to Bedford Place, which includes a square-headed stucco surround for a panelled wood door with a reeded architrave and roundels. To the left of the door is a glazed oculus with small leaded panes of stained glass forming a decorative pattern around the rim. The wall is capped with stone and has cast-iron railings.

Historically, this terrace is located on the site of Bedford House, formerly known as Southampton House, which was demolished in 1799.

Local climate

Numbers 18-22 and Attached Railings and Attached Garden Wall and Railings to Number 22 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
  • Related listed building consents — 11 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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