38-41, Princes Square W2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1965. Terraced houses. 4 related planning applications.

38-41, Princes Square W2

WRENN ID
fallen-zinc-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1965
Type
Terraced houses
Address
38-41, Princes Square W2, City of Westminster, W2 4NQ
OS grid reference
TQ 256 809
Coordinates
51.5135, -0.19072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are a group of four terraced houses built in the mid-19th century as part of the planned layout of Princes Square. The houses are constructed of stucco, with a visible basement and attic. They are four storeys high and two windows wide. The ground floor features channelling, while each house has a projecting Doric porch. The facades above the ground floor are convex. A continuous cast iron bombé balcony runs along the first floor. The ground and third floor windows are square headed, while the first floor windows have rounded upper corners, are corniced, and are flanked by pilasters. The attic windows are segmental headed. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, and they are set within architraves. A rich dentil cornice sits above the third floor, with a smaller cornice detailing the attic. Cast iron area railings are present.

Local climate

38-41, Princes Square W2 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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