42, Chiswell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced house. 16 related planning applications.
42, Chiswell Street
- WRENN ID
- other-grate-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 42, Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 324 819
- Coordinates
- 51.52112, -0.09177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 42 Chiswell Street is a terraced house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick set in Flemish bond and features stucco detailing, with a roof that is obscured by a parapet. The building has four storeys above a basement and a two-window range. To the right-hand side, there is an enclosed porch with a round-arched entrance that has a gauged brick head and keystone. A moulded stucco springing band is present, along with round-arched windows on the returns. The front of the house is adorned with a moulded stucco cornice that runs across the entire facade and a blocking course. All windows are flat-arched, featuring gauged brick heads and 6/6 sashes that retain their original design.
Local climate
42, Chiswell Street 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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