Numbers 36-42 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 36-42 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
plain-rotunda-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1971
Type
House
Address
Numbers 36-42 and Attached Railings, Acton Street, WC1X 9LZ
OS grid reference
TQ 306 827
Coordinates
51.52864, -0.11767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a terrace of four houses built around 1835 to 1845. The houses are made of yellow stock brick with rusticated stucco on the ground floors and plain sill bands on the first floors. Numbers 36 and 42 feature slated mansard roofs with dormers. The terrace is three storeys high, with numbers 36 and 42 also having attics and basements. Each house has two windows. The doorways are segmental-arched and have fluted quarter columns, patterned fanlights, and panelled doors. The entrance to number 36 is located on the return to Swinton Place. The windows have gauged brick flat arches and recessed sashes, with cast-iron balconies on the first floor. The houses also have stucco cornices and blocking courses. The interiors have not been inspected. Additionally, there are attached cast-iron railings with tasselled spearhead finials in front of the houses.

Local climate

Numbers 36-42 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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