Numbers 39 and 40 and Attached Garden Walls and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Houses. 18 related planning applications.

Numbers 39 and 40 and Attached Garden Walls and Railings

WRENN ID
haunted-span-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Houses
Address
Numbers 39 and 40 and Attached Garden Walls and Railings, Downshire Hill, NW3 1NU
OS grid reference
TQ 270 857
Coordinates
51.5563, -0.16916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of semi-detached houses dating from the early 19th century, located on the south side of Downshire Hill in Camden. The houses are constructed of stucco, with hipped slated roofs featuring a stucco eaves cornice and a central chimney stack. They extend over three storeys and include basements. Each house has a single window. Number 39 has a 20th-century side entrance extension. Number 40 features a cambered arch doorway with an overlight and a panelled door. The recessed sash windows on the ground floor have louvred shutters and a sill band, while those on the first floor have cast-iron balconies. The interiors were not inspected. Attached to the property are low brick garden walls with cast-iron railings, topped with urn finials.

Local climate

Numbers 39 and 40 and Attached Garden Walls and Railings 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 18 applications
  • 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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