7 and 9, George Street West is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1981. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
7 and 9, George Street West
- WRENN ID
- scarred-spandrel-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1981
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 7 and 9, George Street West, LU1 2BJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 090 211
- Coordinates
- 51.87803, -0.4168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 7 and 9 George Street West is a late 19th-century town house that stands two storeys high with a basement. The facade is finished in stucco and topped with a slate roof. It features a heavy bracketed and moulded eaves cornice. The four-bay facade is divided by plain pilasters, each adorned with a fleur-de-lys motif on the capitals. The sash windows are framed by rounded architrave surrounds. The doorway, located in the second bay from the left, has double three-panelled doors beneath a semi-circular fanlight, with reveals, plain pilasters, and a cornice above. Access to the door is via four steps leading up from the basement wall.
Local climate
7 and 9, George Street West sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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