Numbers 74 to 77 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1969. Terrace of houses. 23 related planning applications.

Numbers 74 to 77 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
dreaming-jamb-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 1969
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
Numbers 74 to 77 and Attached Railings, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DA
OS grid reference
TQ 302 816
Coordinates
51.51918, -0.12426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 74 to 77 are a terrace of four houses built around 1662 to 1664, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. The houses are constructed of stucco with a rusticated ground floor and rise four storeys with basements, each featuring three windows. Number 77 has a three-window return to Montague Street. The entrances are framed with architraved stucco surrounds, panelled reveals, consoles, and cornices, and include fanlights and panelled doors. Between the houses and at the corners, pilasters (rusticated on the first and second floors) support the main cornice, which is topped with a balustraded parapet. The first-floor windows are architraved four-pane sashes, with console-bracketed cornices above. A bracketed cornice is present at the third-floor level. The return of Number 77 features a cast-iron verandah, added in 1841, which has an elaborately ornamented cast-iron balustrade, including heads on roundels and foliage, along with posts supporting a tented canopy.

Inside, Number 75 has a panelled hall and rooms, with a staircase featuring barley sugar twist balusters and a wreathed handrail. Number 77 boasts a panelled hall with Corinthian fluted pilasters and a door with enriched mouldings, along with its original staircase. The terrace also includes attached 19th-century cast-iron railings to the areas. Notably, Number 77 was the home of architect Thomas Henry Wyatt, commemorated by a plaque from the Greater London Council.

Local climate

Numbers 74 to 77 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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