Numbers 14a and 14b and Attached Garden Wall and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Villa. 4 related planning applications.
Numbers 14a and 14b and Attached Garden Wall and Railings
- WRENN ID
- floating-vault-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Numbers 14a and 14b and Attached Garden Wall and Railings, Downshire Hill, NW3 1NR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 269 857
- Coordinates
- 51.55612, -0.17015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached villa dating from around 1820, with later alterations. Built of stucco, it has a long, narrow plan. The single-storey front is characterized by paired pilasters that flank a tripartite window and support a deep entablature topped with a pediment. A 20th-century projecting rectangular bay window is set into the front elevation at approximately half its height. Recessed entrance extensions with 20th-century doorways are present on both sides of the building. The interiors were not inspected. Attached to the property is a low garden wall with spearhead finials, along with railings. The wall is punctuated by round-arched gateposts of stele type, featuring a lamp overthrow. No. 14A served as St John's Chapel School from 1830, later becoming St Stephen's National School by 1885. During World War I, it was used as studios by the Carline family and served as a meeting place for a prominent group of painters known as the Hampstead Set or the Downshire Hill Group.
Local climate
Numbers 14a and 14b and Attached Garden Wall and 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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