31 and 32, King Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terrace house. 9 related planning applications.
31 and 32, King Street WC2
- WRENN ID
- ghost-pewter-harvest
- 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
- 31 and 32, King Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 8JD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51163, -0.12486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 31 and 32 King Street are a pair of terrace houses built around 1707, with No. 31 being rebuilt after a fire in 1713. They were refaced around 1860 by architects Nelson and Innes, with Charles Parker serving as the consultant for the Duke of Bedford. The houses are constructed of stucco and topped with a slate roof, featuring eclectic Italianate detailing. They rise to four storeys and each house is three windows wide. The ground floor has mid-20th century frontages, while the upper floors showcase architraved sash windows, with those on the first and second floors featuring bracketed cornices on consoles. The buildings have channelled quoin pilasters, sill courses, a frieze, and a moulded cornice that caps the quoin pilasters and parapet.
Inside, the houses retain early 18th century features. No. 32 has a closed string dog leg staircase with two twisted balusters per tread and stout baluster turned newels, along with a moulded handrail, elements of panelling, and box cornices. No. 31 includes small simply panelled closets on the first and second floors, along with angle fireplaces. Notably, No. 31 has associations with the composer Dr. Thomas Arne.
Local climate
31 and 32, King Street WC2 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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