38, Great Queen Street is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.
38, Great Queen Street
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-groin-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 38, Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51509, -0.12193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 Great Queen Street is a terraced house dating from the early 18th century, which was refronted in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of brown brick with stone dressings and bands, standing four storeys tall with a basement and featuring three windows. The wooden shopfront has a splayed window and an entablature, which is flanked by enriched consoles. The windows are segmental arched, recessed sash types with enriched heads, and there is a cornice supported by console brackets. Inside, the first floor includes well-preserved panelled rooms, with the front room featuring an original pilastered fireplace flanked by cupboards that have panelled doors, one of which has H hinges, and a modillion cornice.
Local climate
38, Great Queen Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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