Numbers 14 to 24 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terrace of houses. 19 related planning applications.
Numbers 14 to 24 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pilaster-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- Numbers 14 to 24 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings, River Street, EC1R 1XN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 312 828
- Coordinates
- 51.52941, -0.10964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of eleven houses, numbered 14 to 24, situated on River Street in Islington, in a street leading towards Myddelton Square. They were likely built around 1828, designed by William Chadwell Mylne, who was Surveyor to the New River Estate. The houses are constructed of yellow stock brick in a Flemish bond, with banded stucco to the ground floor and stucco dressings. The roofs are mansard style, with Welsh and artificial slate; the roofs of numbers 20 to 23 retain these features, whilst others are obscured. Brick party-wall stacks are present.
The design follows a side-hall entrance plan. The terrace is three storeys high, with a basement, and generally features two windows per house, though number 24 is two storeys high. The terrace is symmetrical, with number 18 centrally positioned and incorporating a carriageway that projects slightly forward. Steps lead to a round-arched, architraved entrance on the left-hand side, featuring fluted Doric columns supporting a corniced head, a fanlight (with patterned detailing at numbers 14-16, 19-23), and original panelled doors to numbers 16, 18-19, 21-22, and 23-24.
The windows are flat-arched, with gauged brick surrounds, and are predominantly 6/6 sash windows. Many of the ground-floor sashes have curved and radial glazing bars and margin lights. A stucco sill band is present beneath the full-length sashes on the first floor, which are set within arched recesses, linked by stucco impost bands, and each has an individual iron balcony. A stucco band sits beneath a stucco cornice and blocking course; number 15 has been altered. Attached iron railings are present, topped with urn and acorn finials.
Local climate
Numbers 14 to 24 (Consecutive) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 14 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 19 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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