49, Downshire Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1973. House. 8 related planning applications.

49, Downshire Hill

WRENN ID
under-pillar-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1973
Type
House
Address
49, Downshire Hill, NW3 1NX
OS grid reference
TQ 269 856
Coordinates
51.55532, -0.17054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 49, Downshire Hill is an early 19th-century detached house situated in a garden below road level, accessed via a first-floor entrance. The house is stuccoed and has hipped slated roofs. It comprises a three-storey, single-window central section flanked by two-storey, single-window side wings. A 20th-century tunnel portico extension is situated on the road-facing side, between two pilaster strips and featuring a 20th-century casement window with margin glazing. Similar windows are present in the side wings. The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

49, Downshire Hill 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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