Camden, England

The typical property in WC1R

WC1R covers Theobald's Road, parts of Gray's Inn and the Holborn / Covent Garden boundary, a small central London Camden outcode with substantial Inns of Court and legal-profession occupiers around Gray's Inn.

Area summary

WC1R is a small Camden Borough outcode covering Theobald's Road, parts of Gray's Inn (the Inn of Court, one of the four to which barristers belong, dating from at least the 14th century), the Hatton Garden edge and parts of Holborn. The outcode is dominated by legal-profession occupiers (barristers' chambers, solicitors' firms) around the Gray's Inn estate. Housing stock is limited, restricted to mansion-block conversions and small terraced stock above ground-floor commercial premises.

Chancery Lane (Central) and Holborn (Central, Piccadilly) stations serve the outcode.

What the data shows

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Researched facts

  • Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court and dates from at least the 14th century, source
  • The Gray's Inn Square conservation area covers WC1R, source
  • The Inns of Court are the professional associations to which English barristers belong, source

Buyer notes

  • Limited residential stock
  • Gray's Inn freehold has very distinctive professional tenancy arrangements
  • Conservation area restricts external alterations

The full WC1R data page

Sold price history, crime totals, EPC distribution, council tax bands and more, pulled live from HM Land Registry, Police UK and the EPC Register.

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