Numbers 89, 90 and 91 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1969. Terraced houses. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 89, 90 and 91 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
unlit-corner-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1969
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Numbers 89, 90 and 91 and Attached Railings, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3PS
OS grid reference
TQ 300 815
Coordinates
51.518, -0.12726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 89, 90, and 91 are three terraced houses located on the north side of Great Russell Street in Camden. Number 89 dates from the early 19th century, while numbers 90 and 91 were built in the late 18th century and have been altered. The houses are constructed of darkened brick, with number 89 featuring a rusticated stucco ground floor. They have slate mansard roofs with dormers and are three storeys tall, including attics and basements, with three windows each. The windows have gauged brick flat arches and recessed sash windows, with number 90 retaining its original glazing bars. Each house has stucco cornices and blocking courses.

Number 89 has a round-arched doorway with pilaster jambs that support a cornice head, along with a fanlight and a panelled door. The dormer windows have "Y" shaped glazing bars. The properties are complemented by attached cast-iron railings with urn finials.

Number 90 features a later 19th-century shopfront with pilasters that support an entablature, flanked by brackets, although the shop window has been altered. It also has a square-headed doorway with a fanlight and a panelled door.

Number 91 has a later 19th-century stucco shopfront with Ionic pilasters supporting an entablature that includes a dentil cornice. The ground floor has three openings, with arched end bays and enriched spandrels. Its doorway has pilaster jambs and an entablature with a figured frieze.

The interiors of the houses have not been inspected. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings at the entrance featuring cone finials and three shoe scrapers. Historically, number 91 was the home of the artist George du Maurier from 1863 to 1868, as noted by a plaque from the Greater London Council.

Local climate

Numbers 89, 90 and 91 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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