47 and 48, Manchester Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terraced houses. 8 related planning applications.
47 and 48, Manchester Street W1
- WRENN ID
- second-wattle-stoat
- 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
- Terraced houses
- Address
- 47 and 48, Manchester Street W1, City of Westminster, W1U 7LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51824, -0.15401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of terraced houses located on Manchester Street, dating from around 1780 to 1790 as part of the Portman Estate development. The houses are built of stock brick with channelled stucco to the ground floor, and have concealed slate roofs. They are four storeys high with basements. Number 47 has a four-window front, while Number 48 has only two. Each house features a semicircular arched doorway; that of Number 47 is in the second bay from the right, and the doorway to Number 48 is on the left. The doorways are embellished with Coade stone imposts and head keystones, and have panelled doors, fluted doorheads, and patterned fanlights. The upper floors have recessed sash windows within flat, gauged red brick arches. The ground floor windows of Number 47 are topped with vermiculated keystones, and the ground floor window of Number 48 is set within a blind arched panel. A plat band marks the finish of the stucco work at the first floor level. The houses have parapets with stone copings, and original cast iron area railings with urn finials.
Local climate
47 and 48, Manchester Street W1 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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