Blackfriars House is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Commercial building. 10 related planning applications.

Blackfriars House

WRENN ID
calm-alcove-fen
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
Blackfriars House, 19, New Bridge Street Ec4, City and County of the City of London, EC4V 6DB
OS grid reference
TQ 316 809
Coordinates
51.51225, -0.10464
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackfriars House is a commercial building located on New Bridge Street, constructed between 1913 and 1916 by architect F. W. Troup. This seven-storey structure features a steel frame and is faced with white majolica. The facade showcases a rectilinear structural grid, which is divided in a classical style. The ground storey is plain and includes iron railings with stone standards for the area. From the first to the fourth storeys, there are paired windows separated by slender, panelled pilaster strips topped with plain capital blocks. The central section has iron-railed balconies supported by brackets, along with lamp standards. The fifth and sixth storeys each contain two windows per bay, featuring a bracketed cornice and a balustraded parapet. The attics have been altered.

Local climate

Blackfriars House 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 10 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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