Numbers 46 and 47 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1973. Terraced houses. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 46 and 47 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
keen-flint-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1973
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Numbers 46 and 47 and Attached Railings, Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2RA
OS grid reference
TQ 303 815
Coordinates
51.51825, -0.12235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 46 and 47 are two terraced houses built around 1840 to 1850, located on the southwest side of Bloomsbury Square in Camden. They are constructed of darkened brick with a rusticated stucco ground floor and stucco block quoins. The houses feature a slate mansard roof with dormers and rise to four storeys, including attics and basements. Each house has two windows, with No. 46 having a three-window (blind) return, a bay corner treatment, and a two-storey back extension.

The doorways are square-headed and recessed, complete with fanlights and panelled doors. The sash windows are square-headed and architraved, with No. 46 displaying bracketed cornices on the first floor, while No. 47 features segmental pediments on the first floor and bracketed cornices on the second floor. A continuous cast-iron balcony at the first floor level showcases a palmette motif, and there is a sill band at the third floor. The houses also have a stucco cornice and blocking course.

The interiors have not been inspected. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings with foliated finials in front of the houses. Numbers 1, 46, and 47 together form a group.

Local climate

Numbers 46 and 47 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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