Watch House on the North Side of the Road and the South Side of the New River is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Watch-house.
Watch House on the North Side of the Road and the South Side of the New River
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-panel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Watch-house
- Address
- Watch House on the North Side of the Road and the South Side of the New River, Canonbury Grove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 320 843
- Coordinates
- 51.54242, -0.09726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The watch-house, located on the north side of the road and the south side of the New River, dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of red-brown brick set in header bond and features a clay tile roof. This circular, single-storey building has a door on the north-west side and windows on the south-west and north-east sides. The rafters are exposed at the eaves, and it is topped with a conical roof that has a stone ball finial.
Local climate
Watch House on the North Side of the Road and the South Side of the New River 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 1997
- No related consent applications matched
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