Numbers 1-8 and Attached Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Terrace of houses. 18 related planning applications.
Numbers 1-8 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- dusted-obsidian-harvest
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- Numbers 1-8 and Attached Railings, Southampton Place
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51816, -0.1217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1-8 on Southampton Place is a terrace of eight houses built around 1785 to 1863, likely under the direction of Henry Flitcroft. The houses are constructed from darkened multi-coloured stock brick and feature a stone band at the first-floor level. They have tiled mansard roofs with dormers, are three storeys high, and include attics and basements, with three windows for each house. The windows have gauged brick flat arches and are recessed sash windows, while there are bracketed cornices below the parapets.
No. 1 has a wooden architraved doorcase with carved consoles and a pedimented cornice. Nos. 2 and 3 feature semicircular-headed entrances with patterned fanlights and panelled doors, with No. 2 having margin lights and No. 3 showcasing a doorframe with a fluted frieze, cornice, and fluted pilasters with foliated capitals. Nos. 4, 5, and 7 have wooden doorcases with engaged Doric columns supporting an entablature and pediment, along with fanlights and panelled doors. Nos. 6 and 8 have stone doorcases with carved consoles and cornices, with No. 8 featuring a pediment.
All entrances are accessed by steps over basement areas. The interiors have not been inspected but are noted to retain good staircases, fireplaces, and panelling, particularly in Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 8, which are especially fine. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials surrounding the areas.
Local climate
Numbers 1-8 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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- 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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