Lock's of St James's is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Terrace house with shop front. 3 related planning applications.
Lock's of St James's
- WRENN ID
- under-landing-raven
- 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 house with shop front
- Address
- Lock's of St James's, 6, St James's Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1EF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 801
- Coordinates
- 51.50573, -0.13819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lock's of St James's is a terrace house with a shop front, dating from the late 17th century. It was refronted in the mid 18th century and features a late 18th-century shop front. The building is constructed of brown brick and has a tiled roof, standing three storeys tall with a dormered mansard. It is two windows wide.
The ground floor showcases a well-preserved late 18th-century shop front with two entrances beneath an entablature. The shop door has a reeded frame, and the fascia is lined with reeded detailing. The shop windows, which flank a panelled and glazed door, retain their original thick glazing bars and are slightly advanced, with one pane deep returns.
On the upper floors, there are flush framed sash windows with thick glazing bars and bowed out linings, all set under flat gauged arches. A wrought iron balcony is present on the first floor, and the building features a parapet with coping. The original shop interior, which includes fittings that are largely intact, is notable as it houses one of the oldest hatters in London, having supplied notable figures such as Lord Nelson.
Local climate
Lock's of St James's 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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