42-48, YORK TERRACE EAST NW1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terrace of houses. 7 related planning applications.
42-48, YORK TERRACE EAST NW1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- 42-48, YORK TERRACE EAST NW1 (See details for further address information), City of Westminster, NW1 4PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 821
- Coordinates
- 51.52369, -0.15174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 42 to 48 York Terrace East is a terrace of modest 4th rate houses built around 1822 by Decimus Burton. These houses served as service accommodation for John Nash's Regent's Park scheme, located near the former York Baths. The buildings have a stucco facade and brick rear, with slate roofs. Despite their small scale, they present a unified and monumental appearance, highlighted by a central slightly recessed portico of the former Baths and slightly advanced end pavilions.
The terrace consists of two storeys with dormered mansards and low attic storeys in the end pavilions, all built over basements. Each house front has three windows, with one window in the end pavilions and three-window returns. The ground floor features Graeco-Egyptian eared architraves with cornices above the sashes and former doorways, while the first floor has plain sashes, all with glazing bars. The end pavilions include small horizontal rectangular tripartite attic windows.
The recessed portico is hexastyle, supported by giant Ionic columns and topped with a pediment. There is a crowning entablature with a balustraded parapet situated between the portico and the end pavilions, along with spearhead area railings.
Local climate
42-48, YORK TERRACE EAST NW1 (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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- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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