Medical and Dental Students Residence and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1969. Students' residence. 8 related planning applications.
Medical and Dental Students Residence and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- still-cinder-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1969
- Type
- Students' residence
- Address
- Medical and Dental Students Residence and Attached Railings, 119-131, Gower Street, WC1E 6AP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 295 821
- Coordinates
- 51.52345, -0.134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Medical and Dental Students' Residence, originally a terrace of seven individual houses, was built around 1811-1819 and has been altered in the 20th century. The building is constructed of darkened stock brick, with some later patching visible on the upper floor. The ground floor features rusticated stucco, while there is a plain band at the first floor level. The structure is four storeys high and includes basements, with two windows for each former house.
The doorways at Nos. 119 and 121 are round-arched and flanked by fluted Doric columns that support cornice-heads, complete with fanlights and panelled doors. The doorways at Nos. 123-131 also have round arches, with panelled pilaster-jambs topped by lion masks and cornice-heads, along with fanlights, some of which are patterned, and panelled doors. The doorways at Nos. 127 and 131 have been converted for use as windows. The recessed sash windows feature gauged brick flat arches, while Nos. 119 and 121 have segmental-arched windows on the ground floor. There are continuous cast-iron balconies at the first floor windows, except for No. 121. A stucco cornice band runs at the third floor level of Nos. 121-131, and the building is topped with parapets.
The property also includes attached cast-iron railings with urn finials surrounding the areas. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Medical and Dental Students Residence 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 2018
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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