149 AND 150, OLD PARK LANE SW1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Flats, restaurant. 16 related planning applications.
149 AND 150, OLD PARK LANE SW1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- shifting-mortar-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1969
- Type
- Flats, restaurant
- Address
- 149 AND 150, OLD PARK LANE SW1 (See details for further address information), Park Lane W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 799
- Coordinates
- 51.50402, -0.1492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A restaurant and flats, dating to 1904, designed by Collcutt and Hamp. The building was originally a showroom, and incorporates No 137 Piccadilly. It is constructed of white artificial stone, possibly Doulton's Carrara ware, with some green ceramic brick, and has a slate roof. The architectural style is exuberant and eclectic, described as "Flemish Baroque."
The Piccadilly frontage is exceptionally tall and narrow, rising seven stories, and features a pediment and gable end. The Old Park Lane frontage is five stories with a two-tiered attic. The Piccadilly front has three windows and a long nine-window return. The ground floor has a central entrance flanked by display windows. These are all framed by Doric columns, the outer ones in pairs and rusticated, supporting an entablature. The upper floors have central windows within Gibbs surrounds and segmental pediments. Through-storey canted bays with architraved casements flank these windows. The top two floors feature two-light windows. A bracketed cornice sits above the fifth floor. The shaped gable end to the attic storeys is finished with a giant, broken segmental pediment, featuring green brick banding and a figure sculpture, topped by an ornamental obelisk finial. The attic windows have ornamental ironwork balconies.
The Old Park Lane return is articulated by a rusticated pilaster order, similar to the Piccadilly front. It has a central entrance framed by rusticated columns and a segmental pediment. The upper floors feature architraved and pedimented casements, with four-storey canted bay windows flanking the three central bays. Two tiers of stone-framed, pedimented dormers are present.
Local climate
149 AND 150, OLD PARK LANE SW1 (See details for further address information) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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