Numbers 18, 19, 21 and 21a and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced houses/offices. 4 related planning applications.

Numbers 18, 19, 21 and 21a and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
swift-gateway-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Terraced houses/offices
Address
Numbers 18, 19, 21 and 21a and Attached Railings, Northampton Square, EC1V 0AJ
OS grid reference
TQ 317 826
Coordinates
51.52732, -0.1016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of terraced houses, now offices, dating from approximately 1810. The buildings are constructed of discoloured brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings and mansard roofs covered in Welsh slate. Numbers 19, 21, and 21A are four storeys high with a basement, while number 18 has no basement. The original two-window range of the houses is present, though the current numbering doesn't reflect this arrangement.

The entrances are round-arched; those facing Northampton Square have engaged Greek Doric columns, a cornice with a Greek key pattern, a fanlight, and panelled doors of original design. The return to Ashby Street has a flat-arched entrance with a simple doorcase and an overlight. The return to Sebastian Street features one entrance with Ionic columns, acanthus leaf decoration to the necking, a modillion cornice, a fanlight with decorative glazing, and a panelled door of original design. A further entrance exists in a single-storey extension to the east, also round-arched with a cornice and fanlight, flanked by coupled pilasters supporting an entablature. Ground-floor windows are round-arched, set within a round arch with a gauged brick head; a stucco storey band separates the floors. First-floor windows are flat-arched, with gauged brick heads recessed within a round-arched panel also with a gauged brick head, and individual iron balconies. Second-floor windows are flat-arched. Original 6/6 sash windows are found in number 21A on the first and second floors. A brick dentil cornice tops the building, followed by a parapet. Dormers are present in the mansard roof, and original stacks project from the party walls.

The return to Ashby Street has flat-arched ground-floor windows and lacks arches above the first-floor windows; 6/6 sash windows of the original design are present in the upper floors. The return to Sebastian Street displays a four-window range, with the two windows closest to Northampton Square being blank, and retains an original rainwater head. Area railings featuring urn standards and spearhead finials are attached to the front.

Local climate

Numbers 18, 19, 21 and 21a and Attached Railings 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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