The Garrick Theatre is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. Theatre. 6 related planning applications.
The Garrick Theatre
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Theatre
- Address
- The Garrick Theatre, 2, Charing Cross Road Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2H 0HH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 806
- Coordinates
- 51.51004, -0.12785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garrick Theatre is a theatre dating from 1889, designed by C J Phipps. It is an example of eclectic classicism and is of group value. The front facade is painted stucco, with a concealed roof. It is two tall storeys high, with a sheer attic, and five bays wide. The ground floor is rusticated and arcaded, providing access to the foyer. A Corinthian colonnade leads to a balustraded first-floor loggia, with arcaded windows behind. There is an enriched frieze to the main entablature, and a balustraded attic with oculi windows. The front facade continues to the right with a screen wall leading to the body of the theatre, which is set on a Portland stone podium. The first part is faced in Bath stone with a stucco entablature over the three pilastered central bays; the second part is also faced in Bath stone with an arcaded first floor. The interior retains many original features, including the foyer and staircase, which lead to a fine auditorium. This includes a dress circle, upper circle, and gallery, with neo-Rococo plasterwork to the balcony front, boxes, and the central dome of the ceiling.
Local climate
The Garrick Theatre 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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