Quaker International Centre and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.

Quaker International Centre and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
stranded-rotunda-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
House
Address
Quaker International Centre and Attached Railings, 1, Byng Place, WC1E 7JJ
OS grid reference
TQ 297 821
Coordinates
51.52318, -0.13152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Quaker International Centre, originally known as Courtauld House, is a house built around 1832 by Thomas Cubitt. It has since been converted into three residences but is currently used as a single occupancy. The building features painted stucco with a rusticated ground floor and stands four storeys high with basements. The symmetrical east facade has nine windows and projecting central bays. The south side has three windows (one of which is blind) and a two-storey extension to the west. The main entrance is located on the south facade and includes a projecting, balustraded porch with a square-headed doorway that has panelled jambs, a cornice head, an overlight, and a panelled door. The east facade also features similar doorways, some of which are part glazed. The projecting centre has four pilasters that support a simplified entablature and a pediment above the attic storey, with a cornice and blocking course above it. Before 1947, there was a continuous balustraded balcony on the first floor. The building is complemented by attached cast-iron railings with foliated finials in the areas. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Quaker International Centre 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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