36 and 36a, St John's Square is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1994. Terraced house and shop. 3 related planning applications.
36 and 36a, St John's Square
- WRENN ID
- bitter-forge-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1994
- Type
- Terraced house and shop
- Address
- 36 and 36a, St John's Square, EC1V 4JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 317 821
- Coordinates
- 51.52275, -0.10305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a two-storey terraced house with a shop, dating from 1830. It was rebuilt in that year, as indicated by a plaque reading "REBUILT ANNO DOMINI 1830 BY JAMES BRAKE." The building is constructed of yellow brick in a Flemish bond, with the roof hidden by a parapet. It has three bays facing St John’s Square and two bays facing Albemarle Way, with a slightly recessed curve at the corner.
The ground floor is decorated with chamfered rustication. The shop windows and entrance are flanked by pilasters that support a fascia and a dentil cornice, extending across the entire front. A curved cornice tops the entrance, and the overlight has decorative glazing. A house entrance is located in Albemarle Way, featuring a cornice, stepped blocking course, and overlight. The upper windows are flat-arched, with the central bay facing St John’s Square and the western bay facing Albemarle Way blank. The second floor retains original 6/6 sash windows. The building features a plain stucco frieze, cornice, and stepped parapet.
Local climate
36 and 36a, St John's Square 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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