34-42, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET W1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. House, shop, public house. 12 related planning applications.
34-42, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET W1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- pale-quoin-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- House, shop, public house
- Address
- 34-42, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET W1 (See details for further address information), 41-43, Mount Street W1, City of Westminster, W1K 2RX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50974, -0.15148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located at 34-42 South Audley Street, is a Grade II listed corner block of houses, shops, and a public house, constructed between 1888 and 1889 by Thomas Verity. It features banded red brick and pink terracotta with slate roofs, showcasing Franco-Flemish and Jacobethan architectural details. The structure has four main storeys, a basement, and gabled or dormered attics, while part of the Mount Street elevation consists of three main storeys.
The design is almost symmetrical, with five major bays along South Audley Street. The outer bays are slightly advanced above the ground floor, and there is an oriel corner turret topped with a copper dome. The return to Mount Street is asymmetrical but similar, comprising four bays with a pair of gables for Nos. 27-28. Shop fronts are set within segmental arched openings, flanked by enriched pilasters that support an entablature topped with an iron balustrade across both elevations.
The upper floors feature canted or flat fronted oriels with mullioned transomed lights, and brick pilaster strips separate the window bays. Each floor is adorned with terracotta cornices and sill bands, and the facades are crowned by a cornice and parapet, above which rise elaborate Franco-Flemish gables. The building is also notable for its prominent chimney stacks.
Local climate
34-42, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET W1 (See details for further address information) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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