26 and 28, Old Queen Street SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Town house. 10 related planning applications.
26 and 28, Old Queen Street SW1
- WRENN ID
- worn-frieze-blackthorn
- 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
- Town house
- Address
- 26 and 28, Old Queen Street SW1, City of Westminster, SW1H 9HP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50093, -0.13108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of terraced town houses located on the north side of Old Queen Street in the City of Westminster, likely rebuilt around 1800. The buildings are constructed of darkened brick with a slate roof. They rise five storeys, incorporate a basement, and have dormered mansard windows. Each house is three windows wide.
The entrances are on the right-hand side; No. 26 features a Doric columned portico-porch, a square-headed doorway with a panelled door, side lights, and a fanlight above. No. 28 has a semicircular arched doorway, a panelled door, side lights, and a later 19th-century bracketed hood, along with a radial patterned fanlight. The windows are recessed sash windows, retaining their original glazing bars in No. 26. These windows are set under gauged flat arches, with the first-floor windows of No. 26 set within a blind arcade. A stucco plat band defines the first floor. The façade is finished with a parapet and coping. Cast iron area railings, topped with urn finials, are present.
At the rear, overlooking St. James’s Park, are canted bays with cast iron balconies displaying a geometric patterned design.
Local climate
26 and 28, Old Queen Street SW1 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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