1 and 2, Garden Court EC4 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Commercial building. 20 related planning applications.

1 and 2, Garden Court EC4

WRENN ID
rough-nave-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1977
Type
Commercial building
Address
1 and 2, Garden Court EC4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 9BJ
OS grid reference
TQ 311 809
Coordinates
51.51217, -0.11196
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1 and 2 Garden Court, located in Middle Temple, were built in 1885 by St Aubyn and showcase a Neo Elizabethan style. The buildings are constructed of red brick with stone dressings. The east front features eight gabled bays, rising four storeys with a basement and attic. Stone moulded string courses run at the ground, first, and second floor window head levels, with a cornice above the third floor. The centre two bays and the terminal bays have three-storey battlemented canted bay windows. Each bay is adorned with paired stone mullioned and transomed windows. The eight identical triangular gables contain attic windows. The entrances are modest, featuring doorways beneath four-centred arches with rectangular labels. The roof is tiled with grouped stacks that have prominent oversailing courses. The gabled end elevations include a wide battlemented canted bay window on the south end. Rainwater heads are decorated with an Agnus Dei and are dated 1885.

Local climate

1 and 2, Garden Court EC4 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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