2-5, Fitzhardinge Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Townhouse. 22 related planning applications.
2-5, Fitzhardinge Street W1
- WRENN ID
- empty-soffit-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1970
- Type
- Townhouse
- Address
- 2-5, Fitzhardinge Street W1, City of Westminster, W1H 6EE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51672, -0.15391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2 to 5 Fitzhardinge Street are terraced townhouses built around 1780, linked to the Duke of Manchester's development of the nearby Manchester Square on Portman Estate land. The street serves as the western approach to the square. The houses are constructed of brown brick, with No. 5 featuring a deeply channelled stucco ground floor. They have slate roofs, some of which are hidden by parapets, and rise four storeys with basements, including dormered mansards or full attic storeys. Each house has a three-window wide front.
The doorways are semicircular arched, positioned to the right except for No. 5, which has broad double doors. The doors are panelled and include sidelights, fluted doorheads, and fanlights, with Nos. 2 and 4 displaying a looped radial pattern, while No. 5 has a fanlight above its double doors. The windows are recessed sashes beneath gauged flat arches, and there is a stucco sill band across the first floor. The parapets are topped with stone or stucco copings, and some first-floor windows are adorned with cast iron geometric patterned balconies. The area railings are made of cast iron with urn finials, and Nos. 2 and 3 feature scrolled wrought iron lampholders.
Local climate
2-5, Fitzhardinge 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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- Related listed building consents — 22 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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