Porter's Rest is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Rest area.

Porter's Rest

WRENN ID
stony-timber-harvest
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
Rest area
Address
Porter's Rest, Piccadilly W1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 286 799
Coordinates
51.50397, -0.14774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Porter's Rest is a structure built in 1861, made of cast iron and wood. It features two cast iron columns with lotus leaf capitals that support a wooden shelf with rounded ends. This shelf was designed for the porter to rest his pack or load.

Local climate

Porter's Rest 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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