5 and 6, Henrietta Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. House. 14 related planning applications.

5 and 6, Henrietta Street WC2

WRENN ID
fossil-landing-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1973
Type
House
Address
5 and 6, Henrietta Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 8PS
OS grid reference
TQ 303 808
Coordinates
51.5112, -0.12315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 5 and 6 Henrietta Street are a pair of terrace houses built around 1730-31 and refronted in 1873 by W.G. Bartleet for the London and County Bank. The buildings feature a Portland cement facing and dressings, with a slate roof and Italianate details. They are four storeys tall and have cellars, each with three windows across the front.

The ground floor is channelled and has square-headed doorways at either end of the paired fronts, which are topped with cornices on consoles. Flanking the doorways are four segmental-headed recessed sash windows, framed by rusticated pilasters and archivolt arches with keys. The first floor has segmental-headed sash windows in plain architraves that rise from the ground floor entablature, featuring pediments on enriched consoles, with segmental pediments at the center of each front. The second floor has cornices on consoles, with similarly architraved sashes, while the third floor features eared architrave sashes with keys. The buildings also have sill bands and a dentil crowning cornice flanked by consoles.

The interiors have been significantly altered since the 1870s, but No. 5 retains its original doorcases, enriched chimney pieces, and cornices in the first-floor rooms.

Local climate

5 and 6, Henrietta Street WC2 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 14 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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