Former Lcc Tramways Substation is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1995. Electricity substation. 5 related planning applications.

Former Lcc Tramways Substation

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1995
Type
Electricity substation
Address
Former Lcc Tramways Substation, 104, Arlington Road, NW1 7HP
OS grid reference
TQ 289 836
Coordinates
51.5371, -0.1423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former London County Council Tramways Substation, built in 1908 by the London County Council's Architect's Department, is an electricity substation located on Arlington Road in Camden. The building is constructed of stock brick with stone bands and features a slate roof with a stack at the rear. It has a rectangular design, highlighted by a simple clerestoried hall at the back and a dignified facade at the front. The central entrance is located beneath a glazed tympanum on the rusticated ground floor, where the windows are set back in moulded surrounds and topped with channelled brick voussoirs. The upper wall is plain brick, adorned with a stone and brick cornice, and features a set-back frieze with three moulded panels. Above this is a pediment framed by stone.

Local climate

Former Lcc Tramways Substation 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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