32, Essex Street WC2 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A C18 Terrace house. 3 related planning applications.
32, Essex Street WC2
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 32, Essex Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2R 3AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 310 809
- Coordinates
- 51.5123, -0.11228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
32 Essex Street is a Grade II* listed terrace house located in the City of Westminster. It is an early to mid 18th century rebuild of a Barbon house. The building features a brown brick exterior and a slate roof, rising three storeys with a basement and a dormered mansard. It is three windows wide, with the entrance situated to the left. This entrance includes a panelled door and a semicircular fanlight, framed by a wooden doorcase supported by Doric columns, dosserets, and an open pediment. The recessed sash windows are set beneath flat gauged arches. Additional architectural details include a stone plat band over the ground floor and stone sill bands, along with a parapet that has coping.
Inside, the house retains a passage hall with a pilastered archway leading to a closed moulded string staircase, which features turned and twisted balusters. The panelling and box cornices on the first and second floors are largely intact, among other features.
Local climate
32, Essex 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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