Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) with Attached Railings and Gate Attached to Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. A C19 Terrace of villas. 9 related planning applications.

Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) with Attached Railings and Gate Attached to Number 1

WRENN ID
riven-truss-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1957
Type
Terrace of villas
Address
Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) with Attached Railings and Gate Attached to Number 1, Cumberland Gardens, WC1X 9AF
OS grid reference
TQ 310 828
Coordinates
51.52913, -0.11252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1-6 are a terrace of six semi-detached linked villas built around 1830 by John Booth and his son, who were surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate. They are located in a passageway that connects Wharton Street and Lloyd Square with Great Percy Street. The villas are constructed from multi-coloured stock bricks arranged in Flemish bond, featuring stucco dressings and a stucco pediment above each pair, although number 2 has been altered. The roofs are gabled, with Welsh slate on numbers 4 and 5 and artificial slate on the others, which are obscured by a parapet. Each villa has a brick centre stack and exhibits a fine design in a restrained Greek Revival style.

The layout includes a side-hall entrance plan for the outer linked bay of each house. The buildings are two-storeys high with a basement, featuring two windows each, including a recessed one-window entrance bay that serves as a link. Low steps lead up to a deeply recessed stucco entrance, supported by antae and an entablature, except for number 6, which has a plain stucco square opening. The entrance doors are architraved and panelled, with original doors on numbers 1, 4-6. Some doors have fluted pilaster jambs (numbers 3 and 4), a reeded surround (number 5), and rectangular overlights (numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5). The ground-floor windows include various styles: 2/2 on number 6, 6/6 on numbers 2 and 3, 6/6 with cast-iron window guards on number 1, and 8/8 sashes on numbers 4 and 5. The first-floor windows predominantly feature 2/2 sashes, with recessed balconied links that have narrower doors or sashes.

There is a plain stucco band beneath the pediments and a stucco parapet with coping or a blocking course above the first-floor recessed link. Numbers 1 and 2 have undergone extensive alterations. The terrace is complemented by attached cast-iron railings with urn finials, as well as additional Neoclassical railings with scrolled braces and an iron overthrow at the trade entrance to numbers 5 and 6. A garden gate is located to the right of number 1, with attached iron spikes over the entrance to the passageway.

Local climate

Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) with Attached Railings and Gate Attached to Number 1 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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