School Keeper's House, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. House.

School Keeper's House, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
School Keeper's House, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre, Sans Walk
OS grid reference
TQ 314 822
Coordinates
51.5243, -0.10602
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The School Keeper's House at Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre is a former chief warder's house of the Middlesex House of Detention, constructed between 1845 and 1847 by William Moseley. It is located at the south-west corner of the former prison yard. The building is made of brick covered with stucco facing the school yard, while the rear is brown brick set in English bond. It features a hipped roof made of Welsh slate and stands three storeys tall with a two-window range on the north side. The west bay projects significantly.

The entrance is segmental-arched, with a panelled doorcase and fanlight above. A stucco storey band runs between the ground and first floors, and there are stucco sill bands on the first and second floors. All windows are flat-arched; those on the ground floor have chamfered reveals, while those on the upper floors have moulded architraves and cornices on the first floor. There is a two-storey bay on the west wing and a moulded eaves cornice. Stacks are located at the south-east and south-west corners. The rear elevation, facing Sans Walk and Clerkenwell Close, is a blank brick wall that steps slightly in at the plinth level and between the ground and first floors.

Local climate

School Keeper's House, Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre 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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