48, Cornhill EC3 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. House.
48, Cornhill EC3
- WRENN ID
- old-gargoyle-thistle
- 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
- House
- Address
- 48, Cornhill EC3, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 329 811
- Coordinates
- 51.5133, -0.08525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 48 Cornhill is a late 18th-century building constructed of red brick. It stands five storeys tall with an attic and features three bays. The ground floor has a 19th-century shop front that includes slender pilasters, curved glazing, and a simple fascia. There is a hanging sign supported by a wrought iron bracket. The building has recessed sash windows with flat gauged brick heads, although the glazing bars are present only on the fourth floor. At the top, there is a plain coped parapet in front of a slated mansard roof that includes a dormer.
Local climate
48, 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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