51, Berkeley Square W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Town house. 13 related planning applications.

51, Berkeley Square W1

WRENN ID
dusted-tallow-woodpecker
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
Town house
Address
51, Berkeley Square W1, City of Westminster, W1J 5BB
OS grid reference
TQ 287 805
Coordinates
51.50881, -0.1458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

51 Berkeley Square is a town house built around 1750, featuring a stucco exterior with some early and mid-19th century alterations. The building has four storeys, a basement, and dormers with pediments. The ground floor showcases an original stone architrave doorcase with a bracketed cornice supported by consoles, along with a single wide window that has been altered. The first floor windows are set in moulded architraves with cornices, while the second floor windows feature mid-19th century eared architraves that are segmental headed and keyed. Above, there is a balustraded parapet over a moulded cornice, and a continuous early 19th century cast iron balcony with spearhead area railings.

Inside, the property includes a groin vaulted vestibule with architrave doorcases, pulvinated friezes, cornices, and mahogany doors. There is a cut string stone staircase with an original cast iron Chinese-Chippendale balustrade. The front room on the first floor is designed as a library, complete with pilastered bookcases above the dado. The rear room features a moulded dado rail and panel framing, as well as late 18th century marble chimneypieces. This house is part of the best surviving terrace of town houses in Berkeley Square.

Local climate

51, Berkeley 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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