326, City Road is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. House.
326, City Road
- WRENN ID
- hollow-chancel-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TQ 318 829
- Coordinates
- 51.53044, -0.10124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 326 City Road is a group of terraced houses, now offices. It was originally constructed in the 18th century, with subsequent additions and alterations in the early 19th century. Following refurbishment as offices by Graham Moss Associates in 1989, the property comprises three distinct elements. The east wing, originally nos 320-324, was built as a group of three houses, with a dated panel on the parapet reading '18 COTTAGE PLACE 45'. The central block is an early 19th century three-bay villa, possibly originally detached, and linked to the east wing by a single recessed bay. A western wing with a segmental carriage arch was added during the 1989 refurbishment.
The construction is primarily yellow brick in Flemish bond, with stucco dressings, and artificial slate roofing. The east wing is four storeys over a basement and has a six-window range. The central block is three storeys over a basement with a three-window range to the front, while the west wing is three storeys with a four-window range. The basement of the east and central blocks is stuccoed. The east wing retains two segmental-arched entrances to City Road, each with a gauged brick head, segmental-arched recesses, overlights, and panelled doors. Ground-floor windows also have segmental-arched heads and recesses; first-floor windows are round-arched; and second-floor windows are flat-arched, all with gauged brick heads. The return to Hall Street has a three-window range with the outer windows blank, mirroring the City Road façade. The property features a moulded stucco cornice and a parapet with a central date plaque. A Mansard roof with dormers is present, along with stacks marking the former party walls.
The central block has a double-fronted design, with steps leading to a flat-arched entrance featuring pilasters, a cornice on double consoles, pilaster jambs and cornice to the doorcase, an overlight, and double panelled doors. Two-storey segmental bow windows flank the entrance, each containing tripartite windows on both floors beneath flat-arched recesses with gauged brick heads, and a cornice to the first floor. A central flat-arched first-floor window is topped with a pediment on consoles. A dentil cornice and blocking course are also visible. The rear elevation has a central segmental two-storey bow with flat-arched windows from the 1989 refurbishment. Recumbent stone dogs are positioned on either side of the entrance, and a stone balustrade fronts the area.
Local climate
326, City 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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