1, Charing Cross Road WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Corner house. 1 related planning application.

1, Charing Cross Road WC2

WRENN ID
calm-spindle-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1970
Type
Corner house
Address
1, Charing Cross Road WC2, City of Westminster, WC2H 0DT
OS grid reference
TQ 299 806
Coordinates
51.50961, -0.12864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 1 Charing Cross Road is an end of terrace corner house built in the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed of stock brick with stucco dressings and a slate roof. The building has three storeys and a sheer attic, featuring three windows across the front with a two-window return to Orange Street. The ground floor has an altered shop front, while the upper floors have recessed glazing bar sashes set in stucco architraves, with cornices above the first floor windows. There are also cornices above the ground and second floors, as well as an attic cornice and parapet. The right-hand windows on the Orange Street return are blind.

Local climate

1, Charing Cross Road 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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