Nell Gwynne Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Public house. 9 related planning applications.
Nell Gwynne Tavern
- WRENN ID
- lunar-flagstone-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Nell Gwynne Tavern, 2, Bull Inn Court Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2R 0EZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 807
- Coordinates
- 51.51024, -0.1228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nell Gwynne Tavern is a public house located in Bull Inn Court, Westminster. It features an early 19th-century refronting or rebuild of a 17th or 18th-century house. The building is constructed of stock brick and has a slate roof, standing four storeys tall with four windows plus a half window. The wooden pub front includes flanking doorways that are framed by pilasters supporting an entablature. The doorways are recessed and have panelled reveals with rectangular fanlights above. The upper floors are adorned with recessed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged arches, and there is a parapet with coping.
Inside, the passageway leading to the Strand, beneath No. 408, features an Edwardian lining of polychrome tilework in an Art Nouveau style on the walls and ceiling. The arched street entrance includes an inscription that reads "To the Nell Gwynne Tavern Saloon Lounge" in a matching Art Nouveau style lettering.
Local climate
Nell Gwynne Tavern 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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