7, Caledonian Road is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1981. Commercial building. 5 related planning applications.

7, Caledonian Road

WRENN ID
woven-belfry-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1981
Type
Commercial building
Address
7, Caledonian Road, N1 9DX
OS grid reference
TQ 304 830
Coordinates
51.53127, -0.12133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 7 Caledonian Road is a commercial building dating from around 1875, which was refronted around 1900 by architects W H Romaine-Walker and Tanner. The lower two storeys are faced with red brick, featuring rubbed and moulded brick details in a 17th-century artisan mannerist style. The upper two storeys are tile-hung, using fish-scale tiles interspersed with bands of plain tiles to highlight the main lines of the building. The top-floor window frames are made of terracotta, and the roof is obscured.

The building has a 20th-century shopfront in the centre, with a doorway set in an ear'd architrave that includes a fanlight and a curved pediment above. To the right, there is a wide brick carriage entry. The design reflects the Queen Anne revival style and consists of four storeys with a three-window range. The first-floor windows are sliding sashes with glazing bars in the upper portion, while the right-side window is narrower. The windows are separated by pilaster strip decoration, with a string course below and a frieze above. The upper floors feature a prominent coved cornice, interrupted by an off-centre open pediment. The second floor mirrors this design, and the third floor contains casement windows set in terracotta frames. The two left casements are joined under a single head, with an ornamental sunflower plaque positioned between them. The overall design achieves a subtle effect of asymmetry and balance using a limited range of materials.

Local climate

7, Caledonian Road 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 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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