Number 55 and Attached Handrail is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Number 55 and Attached Handrail

WRENN ID
winding-hammer-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1986
Type
House
Address
Number 55 and Attached Handrail, Cobourg Road, SE5 0HU
OS grid reference
TQ 336 780
Coordinates
51.48567, -0.07621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 55 is a house located on Cobourg Road, built around 1820-1825. It is constructed of brick and features a plain parapet. The building has three storeys and a basement, with two bays and a recessed one-storey extension on the right side. The façade includes panelled pilasters and a cornice supported by console brackets above a round-headed doorway, which has a fanlight in the right bay. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are topped with flat, gauged-brick arches, and there is an iron guard on the ground-floor window. A sill band is present on the first floor, along with shallow recessed panels above the second floor. The interior has not been inspected. A notable feature is the cast-iron handrail leading to the steps. The building is part of a group that includes Nos 47-63 (odd).

Local climate

Number 55 and Attached Handrail 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
  • 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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