Chambers on West Side of New Court is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. Chambers. 4 related planning applications.

Chambers on West Side of New Court

WRENN ID
sombre-landing-gold
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1950
Type
Chambers
Address
Chambers on West Side of New Court, New Court Ec4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 9BE
OS grid reference
TQ 310 809
Coordinates
51.51269, -0.11236
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

New Court Chambers, located on the west side of New Court, was built in 1676 by Nicholas Barbon. This impressive building features four storeys plus a basement and is constructed of red brick with stone quoins. It has a painted, rusticated doorway that is topped with an arch and a segmental pediment. The building is capped with a parapet above a tiled roof. Some parts of the structure have been reconstructed.

Local climate

Chambers on West Side of New Court 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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