Numbers 1 to 15 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Terrace of houses. 16 related planning applications.
Numbers 1 to 15 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- bitter-bonework-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- Numbers 1 to 15 and Attached Railings, Gower Street, WC1E 6HE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 817
- Coordinates
- 51.51999, -0.13018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of eight houses, built around 1780. The houses are constructed of darkened, multi-coloured stock brick, with much of the brickwork having been tuck pointed. The ground floors of numbers 1 to 7 are stuccoed and rusticated, and all houses have stucco sill bands. They have slate mansard roofs with dormers. Each house is three storeys high with attics and basements, and originally had three windows to the front. Numbers 7 and 9 have a return of three blind windows to Gower Mews, and number 15 has a three-window return, largely blind, to Store Street. The entrances are round-arched, recessed, and have rusticated surrounds, impost bands, and cornice heads, topped by fanlights and mostly panelled doors. Gauged brick flat arches top the recessed two-pane sash windows, with most windows on the first floor having cast-iron window guards. The houses are finished with a cornice and parapet. The interiors have not been inspected. Attached cast-iron railings with acorn finials define the areas.
Local climate
Numbers 1 to 15 and Attached 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 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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