Numbers 40-43 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Villa. 8 related planning applications.

Numbers 40-43 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
tall-timber-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Villa
Address
Numbers 40-43 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings, Wharton Street, WC1X 9PG
OS grid reference
TQ 309 827
Coordinates
51.52806, -0.11399
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 40-43 are a terrace of four semi-detached villas, linked together, built on a slope. The street was laid out in 1832 by John Booth and his son, who were surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate. The buildings are constructed of gold-coloured stock bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings. They have stucco pediments above each pair of houses, gabled roofs covered with Welsh and artificial slate (though some are obscured by a parapet), and brick or stucco-rendered chimneys. The architectural style is restrained Greek Revival.

Each house has a side-hall entrance, with the exception of number 43, which has a porticoed entrance on its return wall in Granville Street. The buildings are two storeys high, with basements. Each house has two windows, plus a recessed bay with one window, used as a link to the next house. Low steps lead up to a deeply recessed stucco entrance with supporting antae, topped by an entablature. This is surmounted by iron balcony railings on each house, except number 43, which has projecting antae and no railings. The entrances have architraved door surrounds with modern panelled doors. The windows are 6/6 sash windows with margin lights throughout. First-floor recessed links feature narrower doors or 6/6 sash windows. A plain stucco band sits beneath the pediments, and the parapet includes stone coping or a blocking course to the first floor links. Attached iron railings are present.

Local climate

Numbers 40-43 (Consecutive) 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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