56, Hoxton Square N1 is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. House. 3 related planning applications.
56, Hoxton Square N1
- WRENN ID
- distant-loggia-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 56, Hoxton Square N1, N1 6PB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 331 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52725, -0.08202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 56 on Hoxton Square is an early to mid-18th century building that may have older origins. It stands three storeys tall and has two windows. The exterior is made of stock brick, featuring a moulded brick cornice and a plastered parapet. The windows are recessed sash windows with gauged flat brick arches, and the first-floor windows still have their bars. On the ground floor, there is a contemporary slightly bowed shop front with a door on the left side. Narrow pilasters support a fascia that has a mutulated cornice.
Local climate
56, Hoxton Square N1 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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