38, Upper Street is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1989. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.

38, Upper Street

WRENN ID
shifting-stair-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1989
Type
Terraced house
Address
38, Upper Street, N1 0PN
OS grid reference
TQ 315 834
Coordinates
51.53485, -0.10509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 18th-century terraced house, later adapted for use as a shop. The exterior is faced with plaster over brick, and has a tile roof with an 18th-century brick stack at the rear. It is three storeys high, with a dormer window in the attic, and has a two-window front. The ground floor now features a 20th-century shop front. The first-floor windows are flat-arched and appear to be 20th-century additions, while the second-floor windows have a dripmould above them. A parapet tops the building, and a mansard roof with gabled dormers is present. Inside, there is a central winder staircase, and the front rooms on the first and second floors retain ogee-stopped chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, along with 18th-century panelled dados.

Local climate

38, Upper Street 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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