Dawson and Briant is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
Dawson and Briant
- WRENN ID
- south-rood-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Dawson and Briant, 281, Kentish Town Road, NW5 2JS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 849
- Coordinates
- 51.54898, -0.14131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a shop with living accommodation above, dating from around 1840. It is constructed of yellow stock brick with stucco dressings. The building has three storeys and two windows. The ground floor features a late 19th-century shopfront, notable for its console-bracket fascia stops and gilded brattishing. The upper floors have recessed sash windows; the first floor windows have console-bracketed cornices, while the second floor windows are set within gauged red brick flat arches. A parapet is present, finished with a simplified cornice. A projecting cast-iron clock and pawnbroker’s sign are also incorporated into the facade. The interior retains three sides of display cabinets, complete with glazed wall-mounted cupboards that are consistent with the shopfront's style. A Lincrusta ceiling is also present.
Local climate
Dawson and Briant 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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