51 and 53, Lexington Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A C18 Terrace houses. 7 related planning applications.
51 and 53, Lexington Street W1
- WRENN ID
- noble-thatch-sunrise
- 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
- Terrace houses
- Address
- 51 and 53, Lexington Street W1, City of Westminster, W1F 9AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 294 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51319, -0.13654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 51 and 53 on Lexington Street are terrace houses built in 1719, with some early 19th-century alterations. They are constructed from black painted stock brick and have a concealed roof. The buildings rise to four storeys, with each front featuring two windows. The ground floors maintain early 19th-century timber shop fronts, which are flanked by panelled and glazed shop doors, as well as six-panel house doors that have rectangular fanlights. The display window of No. 51 still has its original large panes with glazing bars, all framed by slender pilasters that support entablature-fascias. The upper floors feature recessed 19th-century sash windows in exposed frames, set under segmental red brick arches. No. 53 includes a stucco plat band at the first floor and has a common parapet with coping.
Local climate
51 and 53, Lexington Street W1 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 — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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