Number 26 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Terraced house. 5 related planning applications.
Number 26 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- dark-gable-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- Number 26 and Attached Railings, Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 818
- Coordinates
- 51.52076, -0.1221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 26 is a terraced house located on Old Gloucester Street, dating from the earlier 18th century and later refaced in the 18th century. It is constructed of yellow stock brick with red brick dressings. The ground floor features channelled cement, while plain red brick bands are present at the first and second floor levels. The building has four storeys and a basement, with three windows. The entrance includes an architraved doorcase topped with a console-bracketed cornice, a fanlight, and a panelled door. The windows have gauged red brick arches and recessed sashes, most of which retain their original glazing bars. The house has a parapet.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have fine original panelling in the rooms, hall, and stair. The open-string staircase features twisted balusters, column newels, and carved brackets. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings in front of the area.
Local climate
Number 26 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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