39 and 39a, Frognal is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. Studio house. 1 related planning application.
39 and 39a, Frognal
- WRENN ID
- solemn-jamb-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Studio house
- OS grid reference
- TQ 261 853
- Coordinates
- 51.55298, -0.1815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 and 39A Frognal is a detached studio house built in 1885 by architect Norman Shaw for illustrator Kate Greenaway. The building has been altered over time and features red brick construction with the upper floors hung with fishscale tiles. It has slated roofs topped with tall slab chimney-stacks and a main elevation that includes a large bargeboarded gable.
The house is three storeys high with four windows across the front. The entrance has an architraved doorway with a bracketed hood and a part-glazed panelled door. To the left at ground floor level, there is a canted bay with transom and mullion lights that contain small panes. The first floor has casement windows with small panes and a penthouse roof. The second floor features a central band of five casements beneath the projecting tile-hanging.
On the right side, there is a recessed bay with a four-light Venetian type window at ground floor level, and the second floor has a balcony supported by cornice with timber balustrading, which projects forward into the gabled bay. This balcony is in front of a large studio window set diagonally across the bays to capture the north-eastern light.
A plaque on the ground floor commemorates Kate Greenaway's residence at this location from 1885 to 1901. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
39 and 39a, Frognal 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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