Numbers 53 and 55 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1971. Terraced houses. 5 related planning applications.

Numbers 53 and 55 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
eastward-jamb-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1971
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Numbers 53 and 55 and Attached Railings, Acton Street, WC1X 9LZ
OS grid reference
TQ 306 827
Coordinates
51.52822, -0.11824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 53 and 55 are two terraced houses that form the projecting end of a terrace, built around 1835 to 1844. They are constructed of yellow stock brick, with some later patching, and feature rusticated stucco ground floors along with plain sill bands on the first floor. The buildings rise three storeys and include basements, with two windows each. The ground floor has round-arched openings, and the doorways are adorned with fluted quarter columns, radial patterned fanlights, and panelled doors. The ground floor sashes have margin glazing, while the upper floor sashes are topped with gauged brick flat arches and cast-iron balconies on the first floor. The buildings also have parapets. The interiors have not been inspected. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings to the areas in front of the houses.

Local climate

Numbers 53 and 55 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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