4 and 6, Shorts Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terraced houses.
4 and 6, Shorts Gardens
- WRENN ID
- crooked-threshold-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Terraced houses
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51391, -0.12661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
4 and 6 Shorts Gardens are a pair of terraced houses with later shops, dating from the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed of multi-coloured stock brick and rise four storeys with cellars. Number 4 features three windows, while number 6 has two. Both houses have mid-19th century shopfronts with an entablature supported by carved console brackets. The shop window of number 4 has been altered. The recessed sash windows are topped with gauged brick flat arches, and both houses have parapets. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
4 and 6, Shorts Gardens 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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