12, Austin Friars EC2 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1974. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
12, Austin Friars EC2
- WRENN ID
- seventh-beam-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 12, Austin Friars EC2, City and County of the City of London, EC2N 2HE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 329 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51584, -0.08546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 12 Austin Friars, built in 1883 by E Gruning, is a four-storey building with a garret above a basement. It features three windows and is constructed of red brick, with the ground floor having a channelled appearance. The doorway is adorned with a large stone hood supported on brackets. The windows on the ground and first floors have stucco surrounds, while the second floor windows are framed by rubbed red brick architraves. Above the second floor, there is a richly modelled modillion cornice, and the attic includes plain pedimented dormer windows. Additionally, ornamental rectangular panels are located beneath the second floor windows.
Local climate
12, Austin Friars EC2 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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