23 and 24, Highbury Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.

23 and 24, Highbury Crescent

WRENN ID
stranded-dormer-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington North MP: Jeremy Corbyn (YP)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
23 and 24, Highbury Crescent, N5 1RX
OS grid reference
TQ 315 851
Coordinates
51.55008, -0.10376
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

23 and 24 Highbury Crescent are semi-detached houses, now used as offices, built between 1845 and 1846. They were developed by James Goodbody and James Wagstaffe, and are likely designed by Wagstaffe. The buildings are constructed of brick and stucco, with a slate roof. They rise two and three storeys above a basement, each featuring three windows, with a central blank window shared between the two houses.

The half-basement and ground floor are stuccoed, with the ground floor showcasing banded rustication. The entire width of the houses is highlighted on the ground floor by pilasters, an entablature, a triglyph frieze, and a modillion cornice. There are steps leading up to a round-arched entrance with a fanlight, which is sheltered by enclosed Doric porches featuring antae, a triglyph frieze, and a modillion cornice. The ground-floor windows are flat-arched, while the first-floor windows are round-arched in the central bays, adorned with Corinthian pilasters and archivolts. The outer bays have eared architraves, with a simple cornice on the central bays and a composite modillion cornice on the outer bays. The attic features eared architraves with some original sash windows, and there is a broad stucco string course at the parapet, which is simplified. The roof is hipped, with a stack on the party wall. Notably, the outer bay of number 24 has been raised to three storeys.

Local climate

23 and 24, Highbury Crescent sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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