273, 275, 275A AND 281A, REGENT STREET W1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1973. Office and shop block. 7 related planning applications.
273, 275, 275A AND 281A, REGENT STREET W1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- idle-rafter-spring
- 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
- Office and shop block
- Address
- 273, 275, 275A AND 281A, REGENT STREET W1 (See details for further address information), 283a, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51613, -0.14255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 273, 275, 275A, and 281A on Regent Street is an office and shop block built between 1926 and 1927 by the architectural firm Trehearne and Norman. The building is constructed from Portland stone and features slate roofs in a classical style. It stands four storeys tall with attics and has two tiers of dormers in a steep mansard roof. The façade is thirteen windows wide and includes a curved corner bay, with three window returns facing Great Castle Street and Margaret Street. The ground floor is pilastered and has mid to late 20th century shop fronts and entrances. The upper floors feature architraved and recessed metal casement window bays, along with an entablature at the ground floor and sill courses. There is a continuous balustraded balcony on the second floor, and the main entablature is adorned with a dentil cornice, while the parapet is topped with urn finials.
Local climate
273, 275, 275A AND 281A, REGENT STREET W1 (See details for further address information) 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 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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