23, Dorset Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Terraced house. 5 related planning applications.
23, Dorset Street W1
- WRENN ID
- former-porch-lichen
- 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
- Terraced house
- Address
- 23, Dorset Street W1, City of Westminster, W1U 6QZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 278 816
- Coordinates
- 51.51929, -0.1581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 23, Dorset Street is a terraced house dating from around 1800 to 1820, built as part of the Gloucester Place development. The exterior is of stock brick with a channelled stucco ground floor, and the roof is concealed behind a slate covering. The house is four storeys high with a basement. It has a two-window front. A semicircular arched doorway is on the left, featuring channelled stucco to the arch and a vermiculated keystone. The doorway contains a panelled door set within a reeded frame, and an arched fanlight above. The recessed sash windows, some with original glazing bars, are set beneath flat, gauged brick arches. The ground floor windows have vermiculated keystones. An original cast iron balcony with a geometric pattern is on the first floor. A crowning cornice and blocking course top the facade. Cast iron spearhead railings with urn finials run along the front.
Local climate
23, Dorset Street W1 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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