5, Little Russell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1969. A Early C18 House.

5, Little Russell Street

WRENN ID
ancient-oriel-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1969
Type
House
Address
5, Little Russell Street, WC1A 2HN
OS grid reference
TQ 301 815
Coordinates
51.51781, -0.12517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 5 Little Russell Street is a house that was originally part of a terrace, built in the early 18th century and refronted in the early 19th century. The exterior is finished in stucco and features three storeys with a single window on each floor. The plain recessed doorway has a panelled door and a rectangular fanlight above it. There is a band at the first floor level. The windows are recessed tripartite sash windows, with those on the first and second floors set in shallow arched recesses. The first floor window includes a decorative iron guard, and there is a cornice at the top of the building. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

5, Little Russell 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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