72-76, Gloucester Place W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Terraced town houses. 19 related planning applications.
72-76, Gloucester Place W1
- WRENN ID
- solitary-solder-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Terraced town houses
- Address
- 72-76, Gloucester Place W1, City of Westminster, W1U 6HH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 278 816
- Coordinates
- 51.51927, -0.15823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of terraced townhouses located at 72-76 Gloucester Place, in the City of Westminster, dating from approximately 1790 to 1800. They were built as part of the Portman Estate development. The houses are constructed of stock brick with stucco banding to the ground floors, and have slate roofs. The arrangement is of four storeys and basements, with each house featuring a three-window front.
The entrances are located on the left side of each house, each containing a semicircular arched doorway with a panelled door, side lights, Coade stone imposts, and a delicately patterned fanlight with lead ornament. The upper floors contain recessed sash windows, each set under a flat, gauged arch. A stucco plat band runs above the ground floor, and a crowning cornice and blocking course top the facades. Original cast iron balconies with a geometric pattern are present on the first floor. The properties also retain cast iron area railings with urn finials. The terraced houses form part of a particularly extensive and intact sequence of Georgian architecture in London.
Local climate
72-76, Gloucester Place 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 — 12 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 19 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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