Numbers 19 and 20 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced houses. 6 related planning applications.
Numbers 19 and 20 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- spare-rafter-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- Numbers 19 and 20 and Attached Railings, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 316 846
- Coordinates
- 51.54499, -0.10268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 19 and 20 Compton Terrace are a pair of terraced houses built between 1803 and 1809, developed by Henry or Jacob Leroux. They are constructed of brick and stucco, with slate roofs. The houses are three or four storeys high, with a three-window front and entrance wings attached to either side.
Number 19 has a two-storey right-hand entrance wing which has been partly altered to incorporate a side entrance to the Union Chapel. This includes steps leading up to a round-arched entrance, framed by a moulded stucco architrave and a fanlight which is now blocked, with a segmental-arched window above. Number 20 has a single-storey left-hand entrance wing with steps leading to a round-arched entrance with a reeded doorcase and an original panelled door. The ground-floor windows are round-arched, recessed under a round arch with heads of gauged red brick, and linked by stucco springing bands. A stucco storey band runs along the front, and the upper windows are flat-arched; the first-floor windows of number 19 have been shortened. A parapet runs along the roofline. Number 20 has round-arched dormers in its mansard roof. Chimney stacks are located on the party walls.
The rear elevations feature first-floor cast-iron balconies. The front is protected by area railings with spearhead and urn finials.
Local climate
Numbers 19 and 20 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 — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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