53, Parliament Street SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Office. 1 related planning application.
53, Parliament Street SW1
- WRENN ID
- stranded-quoin-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Office
- Address
- 53, Parliament Street SW1, City of Westminster, SW1A 2NH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 798
- Coordinates
- 51.50224, -0.12569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 53 Parliament Street is a Grade II listed building located in the City of Westminster. Built in 1896 by architect H Huntly-Gordon, with terracotta work by Leach, this office and chamber building showcases a Franco-Flemish Renaissance style combined with Arts and Crafts sculptural details. It stands four storeys high, with an attic storey in a turret and gable, and features a red brick and buff terracotta exterior topped with a slate roof.
The façade is four windows wide, with a terracotta ground floor that includes an off-centre entrance with a cambered arch, adorned with moulded enrichment, and similarly arched windows beneath an enriched entablature. The upper floors are distinguished by basket handle arched windows in moulded surrounds, as well as mullioned-transomed windows flanking the turret and gabled bay. Decorative bands separate the storeys, and there is an enriched entablature above the third floor. Inside, the building is enhanced by murals created by Sir Frank Brangwyn.
Local climate
53, Parliament Street SW1 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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