16 and 17, Cowley Street SW1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Terrace houses. 1 related planning application.
16 and 17, Cowley Street SW1
- WRENN ID
- low-fireplace-yew
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terrace houses
- Address
- 16 and 17, Cowley Street SW1, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49711, -0.1276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of terrace houses dating to circa 1722. The houses are constructed of brown brick with a tiled roof. They are three storeys high with basements and dormered mansards. Number 16 has three windows wide, and Number 17 has two windows. The doorways are paired in the centre and feature doors of six fielded panels set within doorcases of fluted pilasters, supporting elongated console brackets to cornice hoods. They have flush-framed sash windows under flat, gauged, rubbed brick arches. A wooden cornice band runs across the heads of the ground floor windows, continuing the design of Number 15. Brick plat bands and parapets with copings are also present. Wrought iron area railings have flambé torch finials. The buildings form part of a remarkably well-preserved area of early 18th century housing including Barton and Lord North Streets.
Local climate
16 and 17, Cowley 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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