48, Blandford Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Terraced house, shop. 2 related planning applications.
48, Blandford Street W1
- WRENN ID
- eastward-vestry-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1970
- Type
- Terraced house, shop
- Address
- 48, Blandford Street W1, City of Westminster, W1U 7HU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 815
- Coordinates
- 51.5185, -0.15428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terraced town house and shop, likely dating from around 1790 to 1800. It was constructed as part of the Portman Estate development. The building is of stock brick construction with a concealed slate roof. It is four storeys high and originally had three windows across the front, arranged in a 2:1 rhythm. The ground floor was altered in the mid-20th century, with a new shop front inserted. This shop front has a fascia supported by consoles on either side. The upper floors feature recessed sash windows set beneath flat, gauged red brick arches. A stone-coped parapet tops the facade. A Society of Arts plaque commemorates Michael Faraday’s apprenticeship at this location.
Local climate
48, Blandford Street W1 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 2017
- 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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