Garden Terrace Steps at Inverforth House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Garden steps.

Garden Terrace Steps at Inverforth House

WRENN ID
dreaming-pilaster-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Garden steps
Address
Garden Terrace Steps at Inverforth House, North End Way, NW3 7EU
OS grid reference
TQ 261 866
Coordinates
51.56499, -0.18163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden terrace steps at Inverforth House are a Grade II listed feature, constructed around 1906-1910. Designed by J Lomax Simpson as part of a garden scheme by Thomas H Mawson for Lord Leverhulme, these steps lead westward from the house down to the Formal Pond and are an integral part of the upper terrace layout. The steps consist of a double flight that curves gracefully, flanked by stone balustrades. Historically, the terraces were built using spoil from the excavation of the Hampstead Tube. The garden was later divided when the house was converted into a hospital. For further details on the garden, refer to the entries for The Hill Garden on North End Way.

Local climate

Garden Terrace Steps at Inverforth House 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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