Numbers 17, 19 and 21 and Attached Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1954. Terraced house. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 17, 19 and 21 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
dusk-tower-coral
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1954
Type
Terraced house
Address
Numbers 17, 19 and 21 and Attached Railings, Highgate High Street, N6 5JT
OS grid reference
TQ 285 873
Coordinates
51.57047, -0.14691
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 17, 19, and 21 are three terraced houses built in 1733 by Robert Harrison, with No. 17 featuring a later shopfront. The buildings are constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings and have stuccoed semi-basements. They have tiled roofs with later dormers.

The exterior consists of three storeys, attics, and semi-basements. No. 17 has four windows (the ones above the entrance are blind), while Nos. 19 and 21 each have three windows (those above the entrances are also blind). The entrances are approached by steep steps and feature wooden doorcases with shaped brackets and hoods, along with attached wrought-iron railings. The doorways are architraved and have fanlights; Nos. 17 and 19 have panelled doors, while No. 21 has a half-glazed panelled door. No. 17 includes a later 19th-century wooden shopfront to the left of the door, which has a canted bay window and a glazed shop door flanked by pilasters and fluted brackets. There are plain brick bands at the first and second floor levels, and gauged red brick segmental arches above the flush sashes with exposed boxing. A brick cornice runs below the parapet.

The interiors were not inspected, but it is noted that No. 21 retains its original staircase. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings to the areas, and on the wall of No. 17, there is a stone tablet inscribed L/SM/1745, which refers to Harrison's nieces, Sarah and Mary Lane, who inherited the estate.

Local climate

Numbers 17, 19 and 21 and Attached Railings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 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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