8, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terrace house. 3 related planning applications.
8, King Street
- WRENN ID
- late-mortar-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 8, King Street, Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2E 8HN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51162, -0.12422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 King Street is an early 19th-century terrace house that incorporates the northern gateway to St. Paul’s Churchyard. The gateway itself dates to circa 1730, with the wrought iron gate dating from 1714-15. The house has a stock brick facade and a slate roof. It is arranged over four storeys with dormered mansard roof. The facade is three windows wide. A mid-20th century shop front is located to the right, and to the left is a circa 1730 blocked architrave and corniced gateway to the churchyard, featuring a good wrought iron gate from 1714-15. The upper floors have recessed sash windows, each set within a gauged flat arch. A parapet with coping sits atop the building. The building is listed primarily due to its connection with the entrance to St. Paul’s Churchyard. A wall-mounted, 18-inch Windsor gas lantern is present on the rear elevation, suspended from a wrought iron bracket above the entrance to St Paul's Churchyard.
Local climate
8, King Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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