Numbers 66 to 71 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1969. Terrace of houses. 12 related planning applications.

Numbers 66 to 71 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
shifting-pilaster-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1969
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
Numbers 66 to 71 and Attached Railings, Great Russell Street
OS grid reference
TQ 302 816
Coordinates
51.51883, -0.12434
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 66 to 71 form a terrace of six houses built between 1777 and 1778 by John Nash. They are constructed of stuccoed brick with a hidden roof. The houses are four storeys high, including cellars, and each has three windows, except for number 66, which has a five-window return to Bury Place, some of which are blind. A plain band runs across the facade at first floor level, and a sill band is also present. The windows are recessed sash windows. The fourth storey functions as an attic, with cut-back cornices. Number 66 has a 20th-century reproduction of an 19th-century shopfront. Numbers 67, 68, and 69 have wooden doorcases with Ionic pilasters supporting an entablature with a cornice. Number 70 has a similar wooden doorcase with Ionic pilasters and a corniced entablature. Number 71 has round-headed ground floor openings, one of which forms a blocked extra entrance. The interiors have not been inspected. Attached cast-iron railings, featuring urn or pineapple finials (foliated at number 71), define the areas. This terrace represents John Nash's early work and is an important example of the early development of stuccoed houses.

Local climate

Numbers 66 to 71 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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