Southampton House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. House.

Southampton House

WRENN ID
knotted-iron-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
House
Address
Southampton House, 137, Highgate Road
OS grid reference
TQ 286 857
Coordinates
51.55597, -0.14619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Southampton House is a house that has been divided into flats. It was built in the early 19th century and underwent restoration and alterations in the mid to late 20th century. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick with a plain stucco band at the first floor sill. It has three storeys and a semi-basement, featuring a double-fronted design with three windows. The ground floor openings are set in shallow arched recesses, with the entrance approached by steps and located in a round-arched recess that includes a patterned fanlight. The entrance has pilaster-jambs supporting a cornice-head and a panelled door. The segmental arched recessed sashes have pointed lights within segmental-arched recesses, while the upper floor sashes are topped with gauged brick flat arches. A stucco plaque at the second floor level is inscribed with "Southampton House," and the building has a parapet.

Inside, the interior has been altered in the 20th century but still retains a staircase with cast-iron stick balusters, a column newel, and a wreathed wooden handrail. The doorways in the hallway and the entrance door feature reeded frames with stops shaped like female masks wreathed in corn.

Historically, during the early 19th century, this building served as the Southampton House Academy, which was run by Captain John Bickerstaffe. It originally included a side wing.

Local climate

Southampton House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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