Corn Exchange Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Commercial. 5 related planning applications.

Corn Exchange Chambers

WRENN ID
south-postern-spindle
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
Commercial
Address
Corn Exchange Chambers, 2, Seething Lane Ec3, City and County of the City of London, EC3N 4AT
OS grid reference
TQ 333 807
Coordinates
51.51022, -0.07938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Corn Exchange Chambers, built in 1859 by l'Anson, is a Grade II listed building located on Seething Lane in London. This structure features a modified Italianate style, constructed from red brick and Portland stone. It stands four storeys high, plus a basement and a mansard roof, and has seven windows. The ground floor is arcaded, supported by columns at the center, with decorative carvings on the caps and spandrels. The first and second storeys have round-arched windows with cornices, while the top floor features square-headed windows separated by brick panels beneath a large modillion cornice. Additionally, there are four stone shields on the second storey. The flanks of the building are now partly exposed and have been refaced.

Local climate

Corn Exchange Chambers 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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