Lawfords Wharf Cottage, Grand Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. A C19 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Lawfords Wharf Cottage, Grand Union Canal

WRENN ID
lone-gable-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Lawfords Wharf Cottage, Grand Union Canal, Lyme Street, NW1 0SF
OS grid reference
TQ 292 840
Coordinates
51.54045, -0.13781
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lawford's Wharf Cottage is a pair of cottages, now used as a builder's premises, located on Lawford's Wharf by the Grand Union Canal. They date from the early 19th century and are constructed of stucco with a slated roof and brick gables. The cottages are two storeys high and each has a double-fronted design with three windows. The ground floor features a brick verandah at the east end, and the doorways have been altered. On the first floor, there are architraved four-pane sash windows with bracketed sills. The western cottage includes a central bow window on the first floor. Inside, there is a staircase with a column newel and square balusters, along with a pointed light on the back wall. Historically, John Eeles Lawford began his business as a slate merchant in Euston Road in 1840 and moved to this wharf a few years later.

Local climate

Lawfords Wharf Cottage, Grand Union Canal 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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