Number 17 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Terraced house.

Number 17 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
watchful-window-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Terraced house
Address
Number 17 and Attached Railings, Great Ormond Street
OS grid reference
TQ 306 820
Coordinates
51.52234, -0.11836
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 17 is a terraced house built between 1780 and 1785, which was refronted in the early 19th century and restored in the late 20th century by Donald Insall & Associates for the London Borough Council. The house is constructed of yellow stock brick, showing signs of tuck pointing, with the third floor refaced. The ground floor and first floor feature a stucco sill band. The building has four storeys and a basement, with two windows. It has a round-arched doorway with a fluted surround, a radial fanlight, and a panelled door. The windows have gauged brick flat arches and are set back. The roof is topped with a parapet. The interior has not been inspected. The house is complemented by attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials in front of the areas.

Local climate

Number 17 and Attached Railings 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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