Number 42 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced house. 1 related planning application.

Number 42 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
keen-ember-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Terraced house
Address
Number 42 and Attached Railings, Canonbury Road, N1 8PS
OS grid reference
TQ 320 842
Coordinates
51.5416, -0.09728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 42 is a terraced house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick set in Flemish bond with stucco, and the roof is obscured by a parapet. The building has three storeys over a basement and features a four-window range, making it double-fronted. There are steps leading up to a stuccoed porch, which has a flat-arched entrance flanked by pairs of plain pilasters and an entablature. The doorcase includes sidelights and an overlight. All the windows are flat-arched with gauged brick heads and recessed sashes, with a 6/6 configuration except for those on the ground floor. A storey band runs between the ground and first floors, and the parapet has been largely rebuilt. The area is enclosed by railings with simple spearhead finials.

Local climate

Number 42 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
  • 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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