Former Christian Science Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. Former reading room. 1 related planning application.

Former Christian Science Reading Room

WRENN ID
worn-rampart-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1950
Type
Former reading room
Address
Former Christian Science Reading Room, 2a, Prince Arthur Road, NW3 6AU
OS grid reference
TQ 265 856
Coordinates
51.55517, -0.17601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Christian Science Reading Room, built between 1890 and 1891 by Horace Field, is a single-storey structure located on Prince Arthur Road in Camden. It is constructed of red brick, featuring long and short brick quoins. The building has a tiled hipped roof topped with a rectangular ogee domed lantern and a bracketed eaves cornice adorned with egg-and-dart moulding. The front facade includes three windows and a double door entrance situated on the right-hand side, framed by a lugged surround with a keystone, cornice, and overlight. The road-facing side displays gauged brick segmental arch sashes that have keystones and lugged brick aprons. On the left-hand side, there is a projecting canted bay with square-headed sashes and a continuing cornice. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Former Christian Science Reading Room 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 98% 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 30 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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