Numbers 1 and 2 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Terraced houses. 5 related planning applications.
Numbers 1 and 2 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- spare-flagstone-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- Numbers 1 and 2 and Attached Railings, Lincolns Inn Fields
- OS grid reference
- TQ 306 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51681, -0.11856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 and 2 are two terraced houses that have been converted into one property. They date back to the earlier 18th century, with alterations made in 1820. The buildings are constructed of multi-coloured stock brick and feature a stone band at the first-floor sills, with No. 1 also having a stone band at the basement level. The structure has four storeys and basements, with No. 1 having two windows and No. 2 having three. Notably, No. 1 has a seven-window left return, with the first two being blind. There is a single entrance in No. 2, which features a doorcase with a stone architrave, a plain frieze, and a block bracketed cornice. The recessed windows have yellow gauged flat arches, and No. 1 has a stone cyma bracketed cornice at the third floor, along with parapets.
The interior has not been inspected but is noted to be fine, featuring early 18th-century doorcases, a chimney-piece, and panelled rooms. The staircase includes twisted balusters, fluted column newels, and carved ends.
The property also has subsidiary features, including cast-iron railings with spearhead finials attached to the areas. Historically, in 1820, No. 2 was amalgamated with No. 1, resulting in the removal of the staircase from No. 2 and the rebuilding of the staircase from No. 1 between the two houses, which created one central entrance.
Local climate
Numbers 1 and 2 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 — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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