50-56, Abbey Gardens NW8 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Row of houses. 1 related planning application.
50-56, Abbey Gardens NW8
- WRENN ID
- iron-garret-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Row of houses
- Address
- 50-56, Abbey Gardens NW8, City of Westminster, NW8 9AT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 831
- Coordinates
- 51.53321, -0.18185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of six houses with ground-floor shops, built in the mid-19th century. The exterior is faced with stucco over brick, with stucco dressings. The roof is not visible. The houses are three storeys high, with a basement. Each house has a front width of two windows. The ground floor features surviving mid-19th century shopfronts, these are divided by pilasters and have arched windows above. The entrances have panelled doors. The first floor has projecting bombé balconies. The windows are square-headed and architraved, with pediments above those on the first floor. They contain sash windows with margin glazing. A console cornice sits above the second floor, topped by a parapet. The buildings are listed for their group value.
Local climate
50-56, Abbey Gardens NW8 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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