Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Lord North Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A Georgian Terrace of houses. 13 related planning applications.
Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Lord North Street
- WRENN ID
- vacant-casement-umber
- 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
- Terrace of houses
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Lord North Street, Lord North Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 791
- Coordinates
- 51.49663, -0.12697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 Lord North Street form a terrace of houses built around 1720 to 1725. The terrace has been altered over time by combining some of the original individual houses, resulting in the loss of numbers 1, 3, 6, and 9, but preserving most of the original doorways.
The terrace is constructed of brown brick with tiled roofs. It rises three storeys with basements and dormered mansards. Originally, each house had three windows across the front, except for number 7, which has four. The entrances are primarily located to the left and right of pairs of houses, arranged on a mirror plan. The doorways feature wooden architraves and panelled doors. Numbers 4, 7, and 11 have carved console brackets supporting cornice hoods with panelled soffits. The windows are flush-framed sash windows with glazing bars, set within segmental brick arches, with some being blind. Brick plat bands mark the first floor, and the parapets have stone copings. Original wrought-iron area railings feature scrollwork and torch extinguishers, with urn finials at the top.
The interiors have undergone varied alterations and restoration but retain substantial original panelling, including passage halls and the original dog-leg staircases. These staircases have cut and carved strings and turned balusters. The terrace is part of a remarkably well-preserved area of early 18th century housing, alongside Barton and Cowley Streets, and the surviving original sections of Smith Square.
Local climate
Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Lord North Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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