Church House and the Highgate Society is a Grade II* listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1954. House. 1 related planning application.

Church House and the Highgate Society

WRENN ID
late-postern-gilt
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1954
Type
House
Address
Church House and the Highgate Society, 10 and 10a, South Grove, N6 6BS
OS grid reference
TQ 284 873
Coordinates
51.57034, -0.14829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church House and The Highgate Society is a detached house with a later addition, dating from the early 18th century, with an extension added in 1848 (No.10A) on the south side. The building is constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings and stands three storeys tall with a semi-basement. It has a double-fronted design featuring five windows. The entrance is marked by a stone doorcase with Ionic columns, a pulvinated frieze, and a block bracketed pediment, with a panelled door accessed by steps. The windows have gauged red brick segmental arches and flush sashes with exposed boxing. There are plain brick bands at the first and second floor levels, and a brick cornice below the parapet.

No.10A is a single storey that rises to the third floor level of No.10, also made of brown brick with red brick dressings. It features a single large round-arched window with a gauged red brick head and impost bands that continue around the extension to meet the first-floor band of No.10. There is a plain brick band below the parapet.

The interior of No.10 has not been inspected, but it is noted to retain good panelling and an original staircase.

Local climate

Church House and the Highgate Society 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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