42, Crutched Friars EC3 is a Grade II* listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A Georgian Commercial. 3 related planning applications.
42, Crutched Friars EC3
- WRENN ID
- shifting-parapet-cream
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1950
- Type
- Commercial
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 42, Crutched Friars EC3, City and County of the City of London, EC3N 2AP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51131, -0.07859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 42 Crutched Friars is an early 18th-century building that stands four storeys tall, plus a basement. It features three windows, along with two additional windows above the entrance to the French Ordinary Court. The building is constructed of red brick, accented with rubbed dressings and painted rusticated strip pilasters. There is a slight cornice below the top storey and a parapet. The entrance has a steeply cambered arch, flanked by rusticated pilasters that support a Doric entablature. The ground storey includes 19th-century stucco and a three-light window, which retains its doorcase featuring Corinthian pilasters, a cornice, and a patterned rectangular light. The area railings have urn finials that date from the late 18th century. The rear elevation is plain brick with storey-bands and a closet wing that has altered windows. Inside, there is a plaster ceiling with two beams in the carriageway.
Local climate
42, Crutched Friars EC3 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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