Cabmen's Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Shelter. 13 related planning applications.

Cabmen's Shelter

WRENN ID
old-nave-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Shelter
Address
Cabmen's Shelter, Russell Square, WC1B 5DP
OS grid reference
TQ 299 819
Coordinates
51.52193, -0.12767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cabmen's Shelter, built in 1897 and restored in 1987, is a timber-framed and clad structure located on the north side of Russell Square in Camden. It features a steeply pitched half-hipped roof with eaves, covered in feather edged boards, and has a central louvred fleche. The shelter measures seven bays by three bays wide and is a single storey. It has a central square-headed entrance and square-headed windows with glazing bars located in the 2nd and 6th bays. Similar windows are found in alternating bays on the other facades. The roof and the area below the eaves are adorned with fretwork panels. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Cabmen's Shelter 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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