74, Wardour Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1978. Terrace house. 11 related planning applications.
74, Wardour Street W1
- WRENN ID
- cold-brass-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1978
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 74, Wardour Street W1, City of Westminster, W1F 0TE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 296 809
- Coordinates
- 51.513, -0.13352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a corner terrace house located on Wardour Street in Westminster, dating to around 1820. The building is constructed of stock brick with a concealed roof. It stands four storeys high and features two windows wide, with a slightly recessed rounded corner and a return to Meard Street, which includes a window on its left-hand side. A mid-20th century restaurant frontage occupies the ground floor. The upper floors have recessed sash windows with glazing bars, each set under a flat, gauged arch. A parapet with coping tops the building. The house occupies an important corner site in relation to Meard Street.
Local climate
74, Wardour Street W1 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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