51 and 52, Manchester Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terraced house. 4 related planning applications.
51 and 52, Manchester Street W1
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pedestal-thrush
- 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
- Terraced house
- Address
- 51 and 52, Manchester Street W1, City of Westminster, W1U 7LU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51803, -0.15396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of terraced houses, numbers 51 and 52 Manchester Street, built around 1780 to 1790 as part of the Portman Estate development. The houses are constructed of stock brick with the ground floors finished in channelled stucco; they have concealed slate roofs. They stand four storeys high with basements. Number 51 has a four-window front, while number 52 has a two-window front.
Each house features a semicircular arched doorway, with the doorway for number 51 situated to the right of a mews entrance, and the doorway for number 52 to the left. These doorways are enriched with Coade stone imposts and keystones carved with bearded heads. They have panelled doors adorned with fluted ornament above, and fanlights. The mews entrance is framed by mid-19th century Composite pilasters supporting an entablature. The upper floors have recessed sash windows, set within flat, gauged red brick arches. A plat band marks the finish of the stucco work at the first floor level. Parapets with stone copings top the buildings, and urn-finialed area railings are present.
Local climate
51 and 52, Manchester 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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