Harcourt Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1986. Public house. 5 related planning applications.

Harcourt Arms

WRENN ID
bitter-courtyard-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1986
Type
Public house
Address
Harcourt Arms, Harcourt Street W1, City of Westminster, W1H 4HX
OS grid reference
TQ 274 816
Coordinates
51.51955, -0.1641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Harcourt Arms is a public house located on Harcourt Street in the City of Westminster. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of yellow stock brick. The building features a stucco frieze at the parapet, which displays the painted name of the pub. The roof is concealed by this parapet. The structure has four storeys and a basement, with three bays. The ground floor has a 20th-century public house front, while the upper floors are adorned with sash windows that have gauged red brick flat arches, except for the top floor.

Local climate

Harcourt Arms sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2013
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  • 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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