Numbers 22 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terraced house/offices. 3 related planning applications.
Numbers 22 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- watchful-floor-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terraced house/offices
- Address
- Numbers 22 and Attached Railings, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6DX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 318 818
- Coordinates
- 51.52062, -0.10068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 22 is a terraced house that has been converted into offices, built in 1788. It features yellow brick set in Flemish bond with Coade stone dressings, and its roof is obscured by a parapet. The building has four storeys and a two-window range. There are steps leading up to a round-arched entrance, which has vermiculated quoins, a fluted impost, and a head keystone, all likely made of Coade stone. The doorway has panelled reveals, a doorcase with pilasters, a cornice, a fanlight, and a panelled door that retains its original design. To the right side, there is a segmental-arched carriage entrance with a head keystone, also probably made of Coade stone, and festooned spandrels. The upper windows are flat-arched with gauged brick heads, and there is a moulded brick cornice above. A parapet crowns the building, and cast-iron railings lead up to the steps.
Inside, the staircase features a wreathed and ramped handrail, stick balusters, and an open string. The ceiling of the first-floor front room is adorned with five roundel paintings representing Architecture, Music, Painting, and Sculpture, likely created by the elder Thomas Stowers, a landscape painter who resided at 22 Charterhouse Square from 1788 until at least 1811.
Local climate
Numbers 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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