229, Strand WC2 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A C17 Terraced house with shop. 8 related planning applications.
229, Strand WC2
- WRENN ID
- weathered-balcony-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terraced house with shop
- Address
- 229, Strand WC2, City of Westminster, WC2R 1BA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 310 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51345, -0.11222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 229 Strand is a terraced house with a shop, dating from the early 17th century and altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a rare example of a jettied timber frame structure, with a plastered exterior and a slate roof. The building has four storeys and is three windows wide. The ground floor features an early to mid-19th century shop front, which includes a door on the left and a glazing bar display window that is set back under the overhang of the first floor. The upper floors have flush framed sash windows, with the second floor extending out as a further jetty. The building is topped with a parapet that has coping.
Local climate
229, Strand 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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