Number 18a and 18-24 (Even) and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced houses. 1 related planning application.

Number 18a and 18-24 (Even) and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
cold-porch-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Number 18a and 18-24 (Even) and Attached Railings, Great Percy Street, WC1X 9QP
OS grid reference
TQ 309 828
Coordinates
51.52927, -0.11332
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four terraced houses were built around 1839 to 1840 and altered in the 20th century. They were likely designed by William Chadwell Mylne, the surveyor for the New River Estate. The houses are constructed of yellow and brown stock brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a banded stucco ground floor. The roofs are hidden behind a parapet, and there are brick party-wall stacks. They follow a side-hall entrance plan, and are three storeys high with a basement, each house featuring two windows.

Steps lead to the entrance of numbers 18A to 18, although the side entrance has been significantly altered and rebuilt in the 20th century. There is a doorway with pilaster jambs and a cornice head, an overlight, and an original four-panelled door to numbers 20 to 22. A 20th-century door and overlight are present at number 24. The windows are 6/6 sashes throughout. A stucco sill band runs along the first floor, featuring full-length architraved sashes with console-bracketed cornices (these have been removed from numbers 18A to 22). Individual cast-iron balconies are also present. The second-floor windows are architraved, with gauged-brick flat arches at numbers 18A to 20. A stucco cornice and blocking course run along the top of the facade, with number 18 cut back and number 24 featuring coping stones. Attached cast-iron area railings with foliated finials are present. The houses were named in honour of William Percy Smith, a former governor of the New River Company and an ex-Attorney General.

Local climate

Number 18a and 18-24 (Even) 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 — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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