2, Bridewell Place EC4 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A Victorian Residential building.

2, Bridewell Place EC4

WRENN ID
buried-passage-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Residential building
Period
Victorian
Address
2, Bridewell Place EC4, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 315 810
Coordinates
51.51333, -0.10493
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Bridewell Place, built in 1885, is a three-storey building with a basement and a tiled mansard roof featuring pantiles on the upper slopes. Designed in a mid-17th century style, it is constructed of red brick with moulded dressings. The façade has five windows and an arched entrance at the lower level, topped by a circular window. There is a blocked second entrance to the right. The building features dressings around the windows, moulded storey bands, and a modillion cornice. It also has two decorative rainwater heads and three chimney stacks. A modern roof storey has been added.

Local climate

2, Bridewell Place EC4 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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