Shepherds Well is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. House.

Shepherds Well

WRENN ID
secret-stair-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
House
Address
Shepherds Well, 5, Frognal Way
OS grid reference
TQ 261 855
Coordinates
51.55473, -0.18202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepherds' Well is a detached house built between 1929 and 1930 by Adrian Gilbert-Scott for himself. The house is constructed from grey-brown handmade bricks and features a red pantiled roof, along with white-painted wooden sash windows. It is designed in a Neo-Georgian style, showing influences from the work of Lutyens. The building has a symmetrical facade with a low hipped roof, low chimneys at either end, and an eaves cornice. It stands two full storeys tall, with matching dormers in the roof that were added later. The front of the house is symmetrical and spans seven windows in width, with a motor house projecting to the right. The ground storey has large sash windows with close panes, while smaller sash windows are located above. A central front door is framed by a porch supported by Ionic columns, which was also added later in a matching style. The rear elevation features a slight central projection. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Shepherds Well 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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