Pancras Road Arches is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1996. Arch. 2 related planning applications.

Pancras Road Arches

WRENN ID
empty-porch-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1996
Type
Arch
Address
Pancras Road Arches, NW1 1UN
OS grid reference
TQ 298 832
Coordinates
51.53348, -0.12895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pancras Road Arches is a section of the perimeter wall of the St Pancras goods yard, featuring integrated shops. It is a significant remnant of the former coal depot owned by the Midland Railway Company. Built between 1895 and 1898, it was possibly designed by John Underwood, the engineer for the Midland Railway Company. The structure is made of red brick in English Bond with stone dressings and has a parapeted roof. It is a single-storey building with a pointed-arch arcade consisting of 28 bays, most of which have shop fronts that maintain an authentic design in the Gothic Revival style. This site is a rare example of commercial premises that were incorporated within a rail goods yard.

Local climate

Pancras Road Arches 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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