138, Piccadilly W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 1969. Town house. 1 related planning application.
138, Piccadilly W1
- WRENN ID
- swift-timber-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 July 1969
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 138, Piccadilly W1, City of Westminster, W1J 7NR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 799
- Coordinates
- 51.5039, -0.14929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 138 Piccadilly is a terraced town house dating from around 1760 to 1764 or 1798, which was remodelled and refaced in 1891 by R.S. Wornum. The building is constructed of Portland stone and features a slate roof. It showcases a Neo-classical revival style with some Louis XVI details. The house has three tall storeys, an attic storey, and a dormered mansard, sitting above a basement.
The façade is three windows wide, with a full-height canted bay to the left. The ground floor is rusticated and includes a tall, pedestalled Doric columned enclosed porch to the right. The recessed glazing bar sashes on the ground floor are deep set within blind arcading, including the canted bay. The upper floors feature architraved sashes, with those on the first floor adorned with pediments. These are articulated by a giant, two-storey order of Doric pilasters that support an entablature with swag carving on the frieze. The attic storey is decorated with enriched pilasters and a crowning balustrade. Below the second-floor windows, there are carved relief plaques with swags. A light cast iron balcony spans the first floor, and ornate cast iron area railings complete the exterior.
Local climate
138, Piccadilly 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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