2, Shorts Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Shop. 6 related planning applications.
2, Shorts Gardens
- WRENN ID
- lunar-bastion-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 2, Shorts Gardens, WC2H 9AU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51383, -0.12673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Shorts Gardens is a shop with accommodation above, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of stucco dressed brick and features rusticated quoins. The building is located on the corner of Seven Dials and has one window on the main facade, with three window returns to Shorts Gardens and Earlham Street, some of which are blank. The ground floor shop is adorned with broad pilasters, some of which are tiled, supporting an entablature with a dentil cornice. The main entrance is topped with a pediment. The shop windows and doorways have been altered, but there are recessed sash windows, most of which retain their original glazing bars. The first-floor window has a segmental pediment treatment, and the first-floor windows on the returns alternate between pediments and floral scrolls. The building is finished with a cornice and blocking course. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
2, Shorts Gardens 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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