Abernethy House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
Abernethy House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-beam-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Abernethy House, 7, Mount Vernon, NW3 6QR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 858
- Coordinates
- 51.55733, -0.18045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abernethy House is a semi-detached house built around 1819 as a parochial school for girls. The house is constructed of yellow stock brick, with a slate roof and dormers. It is two storeys high with attics, and has a double-fronted facade with three windows. The central entrance is distinguished by a wooden doorcase featuring fluted pilasters supporting an entablature with a modillion cornice, above which sits an overlight and a panelled door. Recessed sash windows are set within segmental, gauged brick arches. The return side of the house, facing Holly Walk, features round-arched windows. The interior of the building was not inspected during the listing process. By 1873, the building had been converted into a lodging house, famously visited by Robert Louis Stevenson for health reasons.
Local climate
Abernethy House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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