39, Cornhill EC3 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1970. Commercial building. 7 related planning applications.
39, Cornhill EC3
- WRENN ID
- solitary-minaret-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1970
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 39, Cornhill EC3, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 329 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51325, -0.08584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 39 on Cornhill, dating from the mid to late 19th century, is designed in a rich classical style. The building is constructed from Portland stone and features polished pink and grey granite. It stands three storeys tall, plus stone dormers, and has five windows. The ground storey is marked by an order of engaged Doric columns and pilasters on a high base, with pediments at either end. The first floor has a similar order, with balustraded and pedimented windows. The top storey is pilastered, topped with a parapet, and has part balustrading interrupted by stone dormers. The former No 42, also from the mid 19th century, is a tall, narrow building with a longer return elevation to St Michaels Alley. It is made of painted stone and polished pink granite, rising five storeys plus dormers, each featuring an order of pilasters and smaller pilasters serving as window mullions.
Local climate
39, Cornhill EC3 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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