5, Paper Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.
5, Paper Buildings
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-rood-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1977
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 5, Paper Buildings, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 7EU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 313 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51202, -0.10928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 5 Paper Buildings is a building from 1848 designed by Sydney Smirke, showcasing Tudor style architecture. It is constructed of red brick with blue brick diapering, and features stone window dressings, quoins, and strings. The building has five storeys and includes mullioned and transomed windows, as well as five-storey canted bay windows on the south front. Additionally, it has polygonal corner towers.
Local climate
5, Paper Buildings 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 — 1 application
- 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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