56, Abbey Road NW8 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

56, Abbey Road NW8

WRENN ID
shifting-glass-sage
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
Villa
Address
56, Abbey Road NW8, City of Westminster, NW8 0QD
OS grid reference
TQ 261 835
Coordinates
51.5367, -0.18244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This detached villa dates to around 1840. It is constructed with a slate roof and has two storeys and a basement. The house is two bays wide, with the entrance located in a projecting porch featuring pilasters and a solid side. The windows are square-headed sash windows with glazing bars, and have margin glazing in the upper storey. A cornice is present beneath the ground-floor windows, and the eaves are bracketed. The building is listed for group value only.

Local climate

56, Abbey Road NW8 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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