Oakley Square Gardens Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Lodge house. 1 related planning application.
Oakley Square Gardens Lodge
- WRENN ID
- peeling-zinc-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Lodge house
- Address
- Oakley Square Gardens Lodge, NW1 1NL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 294 834
- Coordinates
- 51.53503, -0.13564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-19th century lodge house was built for the Bedford Estate to serve Oakley Square. The building is constructed of stucco with rusticated quoins. It is a single storey and features a three-window canted bay with architraved sash windows. To the left is a square-headed entrance with a panelled door. A dentil cornice and blocking course run around the entire building. Above the bay is a circular plaque displaying the Bedford family coat of arms, supported by scrolled consoles. The returns feature two architraved sash windows, and the garden front has a bay window similar to the main facade. The interior was not inspected during listing. Originally, the lodge house flanked gates intended to restrict access to the square; the gates were removed in 1893. Oakley Square itself was developed incrementally between 1845 and 1859.
Local climate
Oakley Square Gardens Lodge 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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