539-541, Liverpool Road is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. House. 5 related planning applications.

539-541, Liverpool Road

WRENN ID
last-remnant-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
OS grid reference
TQ 310 850
Coordinates
51.54921, -0.11089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 539-541 Liverpool Road are terraced houses built in the late 18th century. They are constructed of yellow brick and stucco, with roofs that are hidden by a parapet. The buildings rise three storeys above a basement and feature a two-window range. The basement is stuccoed and is only slightly below street level. The ground floor of no. 541 is also stuccoed and has banded rustication. There are steps leading up to a flat-arched entrance, which has a plain stucco architrave with pilasters, a plain entablature, and a minimal cornice; however, the pilaster capitals are missing on no. 541.

All windows are flat-arched; no. 539 has two windows on the ground floor with heads made of gauged red brick, while no. 541 has one window with a moulded stucco architrave. The windows on the upper floors have gauged brick heads, except for the second floor of no. 539. The parapet has undergone significant rebuilding, and there are stacks on the party walls.

Inside, no. 539 features a round arch between the entrance hall and staircase, supported by pilasters and an archivolt. The staircase has turned newels and stick balusters, but it has been altered on the second flight between the ground and first floors. The top floor of both nos. 539 and 541 was inspected and revealed no original features of interest.

Local climate

539-541, Liverpool 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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