7 and 8, Bow Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terrace houses. 2 related planning applications.

7 and 8, Bow Street WC2

WRENN ID
graven-hall-dust
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 houses
Address
7 and 8, Bow Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 7AA
OS grid reference
TQ 303 810
Coordinates
51.51351, -0.12271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 7 and 8 Bow Street are end of terrace houses built around 1838. They feature a stucco façade and slate roofs, standing four storeys tall. Each house has a front that is two windows wide, with a two-window return to Floral Street. The ground floors have later 20th-century shop and office frontages. The upper floors are distinguished by widely spaced glazing bar sashes set within architrave surrounds. The buildings have a parapet with coping and share similar architectural details on both fronts. They are noted for their group interest due to their location on the corner site adjacent to the Royal Opera House.

Local climate

7 and 8, Bow 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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