186 and 187, Drury Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terraced houses. 5 related planning applications.
186 and 187, Drury Lane
- WRENN ID
- ragged-sandstone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- 186 and 187, Drury Lane, WC2B 5QD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51601, -0.1239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
186 and 187 Drury Lane are a pair of terraced houses with later shops, built in the early 18th century and refaced in the late 18th century. They are constructed of multi-coloured stock brick and rise to four storeys, with two windows each.
No. 186 features a 20th-century timber shopfront that includes panelled risers, a plate glass window, double panelled and part-glazed doors, a fascia, and a cornice. The house door is panelled and has an overlight. No. 187 has an early 19th-century shopfront with flat bay windows on either side of a central part-glazed door, which also has an overlight. This shopfront includes an inswept frieze and a projecting cornice. The recessed house door to the left has a reeded surround with stops. The glazing in the shop has been altered.
On the upper floors, there are gauged red brick flat arches above recessed sash windows. No. 186 has four-pane windows, except for the first floor, which has late 20th-century glazing. Both houses have parapets.
The interiors have not been inspected but are noted to retain some good panelled rooms. No. 187 features an original staircase with a closed string, turned balusters, and square newels, while No. 186 has an original staircase that is boxed in.
Local climate
186 and 187, Drury Lane 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 — 5 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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