Number 97 and Handrails is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1954. House.
Number 97 and Handrails
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-steel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Number 97 and Handrails, Dulwich Village
- OS grid reference
- TQ 331 739
- Coordinates
- 51.44853, -0.0849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 97 is a house located in Dulwich Village, built in 1796 and restored and altered in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of yellow brick and features dormers in the roof behind a coped parapet. It has three storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a total of five bays, including a two-storey, one-bay oval bow extension on the right side.
There are steps leading up to the central entrance, which is adorned with wrought-iron handrails and an open pedimented timber porch supported by Ionic columns. The entrance features a round-arched doorcase with panelled reveals and soffit, along with a patterned fanlight. The house has sash windows with glazing bars; the ground floor windows have round, gauged-brick arches and a stucco string at the spring, while the upper floors have flat, gauged-brick arches. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Number 97 and Handrails sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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