Printing Works is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Printing works. 20 related planning applications.

Printing Works

WRENN ID
tall-buttress-nightshade
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
Printing works
Address
Printing Works, 44-48, Wharf Road N1, N1 7UX
OS grid reference
TQ 321 831
Coordinates
51.53189, -0.09604
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a large, mid-19th century printing works, situated on Wharf Road. The building is three stories tall and comprises eight bays on either side of a slightly recessed central bay, which features a two-story wagon entrance. It is constructed of stock brick with a stone-coped parapet. The second-floor windows are rectangular, with five panes over four, and metal bars, set within gauged flat brick arches. The first-floor windows are of a similar form but are longer than the ground-floor windows, which have chamfered stone lintels and stone cills. These cills extend across a giant arcading through two floors and the entire building, except for the recessed central bay. The arcade is characterized by finely gauged round brick arches and stone impost blocks.

Local climate

Printing Works 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 — 9 transactions since 2000
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  • 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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