87, Chancery Lane WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1986. Commercial premises. 2 related planning applications.
87, Chancery Lane WC2
- WRENN ID
- small-latch-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1986
- Type
- Commercial premises
- Address
- 87, Chancery Lane WC2, WC2A 1EU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51572, -0.11198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 87 Chancery Lane is a chambers or commercial premises built in 1863 by Arthur Blomfield, marking one of his early works. The building features patterned red and yellow brick with stone detailing and has a slate roof. It showcases a narrow High Victorian Gothic style influenced by Butterfield. The structure stands four storeys tall and is one bay wide, with a central gable.
The ground floor frontage has been altered in the mid-20th century and is set under a pointed arch. The first and second floors have triple light sash windows, while the third floor has twin light sash windows. All windows are divided by colonettes, with the first floor featuring lintels beneath Gothic relieving arches with brick nogged tympana. The second floor displays open Gothic arches, and the third floor has a lintel with a Gothic brick nogged relieving arch in the gable. The building is topped with a saddlestone, kneelers, and a finial.
Local climate
87, Chancery Lane WC2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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