17-19, Bedford Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Post office. 17 related planning applications.
17-19, Bedford Street WC2
- WRENN ID
- tattered-granite-root
- 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
- Post office
- Address
- 17-19, Bedford Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 9HE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 807
- Coordinates
- 51.51075, -0.12476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former district post office, located at 17-19 Bedford Street, London, was constructed between 1883 and 1884, likely by E.G. Rivers or possibly James Williams. The building is constructed of Portland stone with a slate roof and represents a knowledgeable and dignified design in the Roman High Renaissance style. It rises to three tall storeys with a dormered mansard roof and is six windows wide.
The ground floor features an entrance on the right side, balanced by a covered way entrance on the left. Both are framed by Doric pilasters supporting an entablature, with coved and horizontally fluted architraves for the windows and door. The upper floors have architraved sash windows, with those on the "piano nobile" accentuated by console bracketed pediments and blind balustraded aprons. A frieze on the first floor displays plaques monogrammed "V.R." A guilloche band enriches the sill course to the second floor. The main entablature is finished with a dentil cornice and a balustraded parapet.
Local climate
17-19, Bedford Street WC2 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 — 8 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 17 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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