2, Soho Square W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Georgian Terrace house. 11 related planning applications.
2, Soho Square W1
- WRENN ID
- solemn-storey-stoat
- 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 house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 2, Soho Square W1, City of Westminster, W1D 3PX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 296 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51528, -0.1331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Soho Square is a terrace house built around 1735 by carpenter John Sanger. It is constructed of stock brick and features a slate roof. The building stands four storeys high and is three windows wide. The ground floor has an entrance on the left, which includes a five-panel door and a semicircular fanlight set within panelled reveals and soffit. This entrance is framed by a doorcase supported by Doric columns, dosserets, and an open mutule pediment. To the right, there is a pilastered display window with an entablature that was added in the late 19th century. The upper floors, with the top floor being an early 19th-century addition, have recessed sash windows with 19th-century glazing, all set beneath flat gauged arches. The original first-floor sill band has been altered due to the lowering of the sills. The building features a parapet with coping.
Inside, there is a central stairwell between the main rooms and a closet beyond. The hall includes corniced doorcases, and the rear ground floor room has niches with finely carved shell-heads flanking a pair of carved scrolls that once framed a fireplace. The staircase has a cut string design with two turned balusters per tread, column newels, and a swept handrail with a bold curtail; the balustrade above the first floor has been renewed. The interior also boasts enriched cornices and doorcases.
Local climate
2, Soho Square 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 — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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