Numbers 1-17 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced houses. 22 related planning applications.

Numbers 1-17 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
plain-gable-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Numbers 1-17 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings, Barford Street, N1 0QB
OS grid reference
TQ 314 836
Coordinates
51.53628, -0.10569
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1-17 Barford Road comprise a row of 17 terraced houses dating from around 1830 to 1840, situated opposite the Royal Agricultural Hall. The houses are constructed of yellow and brown stockbricks in a Flemish bond pattern. The roofs are hidden behind a parapet, and brick party-wall stacks are present. The houses are three storeys high with a basement, arranged in a two-window range. They follow a side-hall entrance plan with a staircase within.

A low flight of steps leads to the entrance in the left bay (Number 1), which includes two side entrances to the left return. The doorways have either simple jambs (Numbers 6-11), fluted pilaster jambs (Numbers 12-13), or engaged columns supporting cornice heads (Numbers 2-5 and 14-17). Number 3 has 20th-century jambs and cornice head. Original six-panelled doors are found at Numbers 2, 3, 6, and 11, although Numbers 20th-century replacements are present. Number 1 has a round fanlight, while others have segmental arched fanlights with three lights. Number 1 also features architraves. The ground floor windows have six-pane sashes, set within gauged brick flat arches (Numbers 1-2, 3-5, 6-11) or segmental arches (Numbers 13-17). Cast iron window guards are present at Numbers 9 and 10. Upper floors feature six-pane sashes in gauged brick flat arches. The first floor has full-length sashes, and individual iron balconies are present at Number 1, along with neoclassical-style window guards at Number 5. Numbers 1-3 have replaced all original sashes with 20th-century examples. A plain parapet with coping stone tops the facade. Original iron railings are attached to the front, with remaining fine cast-iron railings present at the end of the terrace, attached to Number 17. These include a gate and curved bracket.

Local climate

Numbers 1-17 (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 — 10 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 22 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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