South Square Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Terraced chambers.

South Square Number 1

WRENN ID
wild-passage-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Terraced chambers
Address
South Square Number 1, Gray's Inn
OS grid reference
TQ 310 816
Coordinates
51.51878, -0.11264
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South Square Number 1 is a terraced chamber building dating from around 1759. It is constructed of brown brick with red brick quoins and dressings, featuring red brick bands between the floors. The building has a tiled mansard roof with dormers and stands three storeys high with an attic, containing three windows. The entrance is marked by a stone doorcase with consoles and a broken segmental pediment topped with a ball. The recessed sash windows are adorned with gauged red brick flat arches. The building has a parapet and lead rainwater pipes and heads that feature gilded lions. Inside, there is a staircase with a closed string, turned balusters, and columned newels, along with some panelled rooms.

Local climate

South Square Number 1 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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