3 Little Britain and Franklin House 2 Little Britain is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Office building. 1 related planning application.

3 Little Britain and Franklin House 2 Little Britain

WRENN ID
young-mortar-wagtail
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
Office building
Address
3 Little Britain and Franklin House 2 Little Britain, City and County of the City of London, EC1A 7BX
OS grid reference
TQ 320 815
Coordinates
51.51711, -0.09782
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

3 Little Britain, also known as Franklin House, and 2 Little Britain is a late 19th-century former office building designed in a 'Tudor' style. It has four main storeys and is composed of five bays, featuring grey brick and terracotta materials. The ground floor is finished in painted terracotta, with entrances located in the outer bays beneath three-centred arches. The upper part of the building is decorated with moulded shafts and string courses, and it includes a band of diaper work with Tudor rose ornamentation above the second-floor windows. The facade is capped with a central round-headed gable.

Local climate

3 Little Britain and Franklin House 2 Little Britain 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • 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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