Phoenix House is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1975. Commercial building. 5 related planning applications.
Phoenix House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-beam-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1975
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Phoenix House, 3-7, King William Street Ec4, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51213, -0.08812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Phoenix House is a building located on King William Street, constructed in 1915 by H.L. Anderson and extended in 1931-32 by Campbell-Jones and Sons. It features four main storeys and is built of stone. The wide classical front has 11 bays arranged in a pattern of three, five, and three, with the center section recessed above the first floor. The ground floor is channelled with alternating plain and vermiculated courses that form voussoirs for the round-headed arches. A Vitruvian scroll frieze and a mutule cornice are present at the first floor level, which is treated as a mezzanine. Panelled piers between the windows create pedestals for the giant order that unites the second and third floors. The recessed center has columns, with pilasters on either side, and a bracketed and modillioned cornice. Attic storeys are located to the left and right, topped by a balustraded parapet at the center. The central entrance features Doric blocked columns in antis, an entablature with a broken segmental pediment, and a bronze phoenix. Iron balconies are present on the second-floor windows. The return to Abchurch Lane, including No. 14, is designed in a simplified manner.
Local climate
Phoenix House 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 — 5 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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