289-305 and 313-319 Regent Street W1 and 3 Cavendish Place is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1973. Offices, shops. 1 related planning application.
289-305 and 313-319 Regent Street W1 and 3 Cavendish Place
- WRENN ID
- far-gallery-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1973
- Type
- Offices, shops
- Address
- 289-305 and 313-319 Regent Street W1 and 3 Cavendish Place, City of Westminster, W1B 2UW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51666, -0.14284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These buildings, located at 289-305 and 313-319 Regent Street and 3 Cavendish Place, are offices and shops that flank the University of Westminster, formerly known as the Polytechnic of Central London.
Nos 289-293 were constructed around 1935 by C T Armstrong, while No 295 was designed by E Souster around the same time. Nos 313 to 319 were built by Angell and Curtis between 1929 and 1935. The buildings are made of Portland stone and feature slate roofs, designed in a classical style that complements the nearby University of Westminster.
They rise four storeys high and include basements, attics, and two tiers of dormers in a mansard roof above a pilastered ground floor. The ground floor has mid to late 20th-century shop fronts. The facades have twelve and nine window bays, with one corner window that is splayed and four windows returning to Margaret Street, as well as twelve windows returning to Cavendish Place. The buildings also feature recessed metal casement windows, string courses, sill courses, and stone balconies. An entablature with a blocking course and a balustraded parapet completes the design.
Local climate
289-305 and 313-319 Regent Street W1 and 3 Cavendish Place 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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