Peabody Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Workshops. 1 related planning application.

Peabody Yard

WRENN ID
forgotten-cupola-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Workshops
Address
Peabody Yard, 1-12, Greenman Street, N1 8RT
OS grid reference
TQ 321 839
Coordinates
51.53908, -0.09638
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Peabody Yard consists of workshops built in 1865, designed by Henry Darbishire. The complex features twelve workshops arranged in symmetrical blocks of four. Workshops numbered 1 to 4 are adjacent to Peabody House, while numbers 5 to 12 form a terrace opposite. The buildings are constructed from stock brick and topped with slate hipped roofs. Each block is two storeys high, with two workshops on each floor. Each workshop has a central double door flanked by a single 8/8 sash or sash-type window on either side, all featuring round-arched openings that lead to the yard. This site is a rare example of workshops linked to model dwellings created for the Peabody Trust.

Local climate

Peabody Yard 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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