Maitland Cook (The London Private Hospital) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Hospital.
Maitland Cook (The London Private Hospital)
- WRENN ID
- silent-panel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Maitland Cook (The London Private Hospital), 31-35, Langham Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 290 816
- Coordinates
- 51.51921, -0.14128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Maitland Cook, also known as The London Private Hospital, is a building constructed in 1901 by Arthur E Thompson. Originally built as chambers, it features a distinctive design in an eccentric Free Style that incorporates elements of Romanesque architecture. The exterior is made of white ceramic brick, possibly from Doulton, with black ceramic brick banding and dressings, topped with a slate roof.
The building stands four storeys high with a basement and is seven windows wide. The central entrance showcases a Norman arched doorway with barley sugar shafted jambs that project slightly forward. The sash windows, which do not have glazing bars, are adorned with semi-circular arches on the ground, first, and second floors, while the third floor features cambered arches. The second-floor windows are supported by corbels and have a set forward miniature arcading above them, and the third-floor windows are set beneath an arcaded moulded band course. Additional decorative elements include sill courses, chequer and plain black ceramic brick flush banding, and window labels. The cornice below the arcaded parapet is elegantly swept up with diaper work, culminating in a bold, central, arcaded and shafted chimney stack.
Local climate
Maitland Cook (The London Private Hospital) 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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