5-15, Balfe Street is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1975. Terraced houses. 9 related planning applications.
5-15, Balfe Street
- WRENN ID
- haunted-arch-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1975
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- 5-15, Balfe Street, N1 9EB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 831
- Coordinates
- 51.53228, -0.12104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 5-15 Balfe Street is a group of terraced houses dating from around 1847, constructed by George Crane. They are built of brown brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with dressings of gauged yellow brick and stucco. The roofs are hidden behind a parapet. The terrace comprises three storeys over a basement, with two windows visible on each floor. A flat-arched entrance features stuccoed pilasters and an entablature, above a panelled door of original design. All windows are flat-arched, with heads of gauged yellow brick; the ground-floor windows are set back under a round-arch of gauged yellow brick. A stucco sill band marks the first-floor windows, each of which is also set back under a similar round arch. A stucco cornice tops the building, leading into the parapet. The terrace has undergone significant rebuilding.
Local climate
5-15, Balfe 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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