53, 54 and 55, Chiswell Street is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1975. Terraced houses.

53, 54 and 55, Chiswell Street

WRENN ID
blind-groin-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1975
Type
Terraced houses
Address
53, 54 and 55, Chiswell Street, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 325 819
Coordinates
51.52079, -0.09088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 53, 54, and 55 on Chiswell Street are terraced houses that have been converted into offices, with a public house on the ground floor. They date from the late 18th century and are constructed of brown brick laid in Flemish bond, with a roof that is obscured by a parapet. The buildings rise four storeys and feature three windows each. Number 55 has a fascia, cornice, and bracketed fascia stops that are from the 19th century, while the ground floor fronts of numbers 53 and 54 are late 20th-century replacements. The upper windows are flat-arched with gauged brick heads and 6/6 sash windows that reflect the original design. There is also an original rainwater head located between numbers 53 and 54, along with the parapet.

Local climate

53, 54 and 55, Chiswell Street 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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