4 4a, Lower John Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1978. Terrace house.

4 4a, Lower John Street W1

WRENN ID
gentle-floor-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1978
Type
Terrace house
Address
4 4a, Lower John Street W1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 293 807
Coordinates
51.51111, -0.13702
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 4 and 4A on Lower John Street is a terrace house built around 1685, with some alterations. The building is faced with stucco over brick and has a slate roof. It stands four storeys high, with a parapet and coping, and features three windows across the front. The mid-Victorian shop front includes a fascia and cornice, along with a panelled and glazed door. The upper floors display vertical and horizontal bands, likely tying the original brickwork of the front, and have casement windows set in nearly flush frames. Inside, original or early 18th-century features include simple panelling on the first floor and a semi-spiral staircase in square compartments, along with cornices and other details.

Local climate

4 4a, Lower John Street W1 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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