96 and 98, Islington High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Terrraced houses. 1 related planning application.
96 and 98, Islington High Street
- WRENN ID
- drifting-gable-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terrraced houses
- Address
- 96 and 98, Islington High Street, N1 8EG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 315 833
- Coordinates
- 51.53414, -0.1045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two late 18th-century terraced houses with shop additions, altered in the 19th century. The buildings are constructed of brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, topped with a mansard roof covered in Welsh slate. They are four stories high and have a two-window front.
Number 96 has a shop front with an entrance on the left and a window divided into four bays, featuring slim metal columns shaped like barley sugar. There's a pilaster and console on the right side, along with a fascia and dentil cornice. Number 98’s shop front is positioned on the right and includes two round-arched bays also separated by similar barley-sugar columns, reeded pilasters, and a fascia and cornice that continues the design from number 96.
The windows above the shop fronts have flat arches with gauged brick detailing. A parapet tops the building, and there are two pedimented dormers. The upper stories appear to have been significantly rebuilt. The buildings are included on the list for their contribution to the group value of the street.
Local climate
96 and 98, Islington High 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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