The Union Society, King's College and the Former Queen's and Norfolk Hotels is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1974. Former hotels, society premises. 2 related planning applications.

The Union Society, King's College and the Former Queen's and Norfolk Hotels

WRENN ID
pale-roof-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1974
Type
Former hotels, society premises
Address
The Union Society, King's College and the Former Queen's and Norfolk Hotels, 24-32, Surrey Street Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2R 3AT
OS grid reference
TQ 308 808
Coordinates
51.51164, -0.1155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Union Society, King's College, and the former Queen's and Norfolk Hotels is a single terrace of former hotels and society premises built between 1891 and 1897 by John Dunn for the Arundel Estate. The building is constructed of red brick with terracotta decorations and features steep, tiled roofs, showcasing a rich Flemish Renaissance style. It stands five storeys tall with a basement and spans 14 windows in total. The facade includes three elaborate columned porches with enriched entablatures and parapets, with the central porch belonging to the former Queen's Hotel, featuring coupled fluted columns and a swan neck open pediment against the parapet. The windows are mullioned transomed casement types, and there are three superimposed canted bay windows on the ground and first floors. The design is further enhanced by three shaped Dutch gables, each supported by enriched console brackets.

Local climate

The Union Society, King's College and the Former Queen's and Norfolk Hotels 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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