30 and 31, Great Queen Street is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Institution. 11 related planning applications.
30 and 31, Great Queen Street
- WRENN ID
- outer-pinnacle-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Institution
- Address
- 30 and 31, Great Queen Street, WC2B 5BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51539, -0.12155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
30 and 31 Great Queen Street is a building constructed around 1923-1924 by architect E.R. Barrow, originally serving as the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls. It is made of Bath stone with a rusticated front and features a steep slated roof topped with a central pedimented dormer. The building has three storeys and an attic, with five window bays designed in a classical style.
There is a 20th-century shopfront, and the ends of the building have recessed entrance bays that include console bracketed cornices and balconies above. Above the main entrance on the left side, seated attendants support a coat of arms. The central three bays are adorned with Corinthian attached columns that rise through the first and second floors, supporting an entablature topped with four allegorical figures made of Portland stone. The central three bays on the first floor have recessed windows flanked by pilasters that carry an entablature inscribed with "Royal Masonic Institute for Girls" on the frieze. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
30 and 31, Great Queen Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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