The Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Manse. 2 related planning applications.
The Manse
- WRENN ID
- floating-ledge-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Manse
- Address
- The Manse, 49, City Road, EC1Y 1AU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 328 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52386, -0.08707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manse is a manse built in 1898, constructed of yellow brick in Flemish bond with stucco, and features a roof that is obscured by a parapet. The building has three storeys and a five-window range, with a two-storey extension to the east. The centerpiece is pedimented and consists of a one-window range. There is a central prostyle Doric porch, which is distyle in antis, complete with an entablature and blocking course. On either side of the porch are pairs of round-arched windows, with the right side advanced as a bay. A moulded stucco storey band runs across the building. The first- and second-floor windows are adorned with moulded stucco archivolts and attached cornices, while a moulded stucco sill band is present on the second floor. The central bay features a moulded stucco cornice with a pediment, and there are end stacks.
Local climate
The Manse 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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