19, Hill Street W1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Terraced town house. 2 related planning applications.
19, Hill Street W1
- WRENN ID
- nether-wattle-raven
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terraced town house
- Address
- 19, Hill Street W1, City of Westminster, W1J 5LL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50864, -0.14811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terraced town house located on Hill Street, Westminster, built around 1748-49 by Benjamin Timbrell. It is part of a matching pair, similar in design to number 17. The house is constructed of brown brick with a slate roof and extends over four storeys, a basement, and has dormered mansard accommodation. It has a four-window frontage. A projecting porch with Doric columns and an open pediment is situated to the right. The windows are recessed sash windows, with taller windows on the first floor, all set beneath flat, gauged arches. A plat band and cornice extend continuously with number 17. Balconettes are present on the first floor, and wrought iron area railings with urn finials are at street level.
The interior, largely intact thanks to Timbrell's original design, includes a front staircase compartment featuring an elegant wrought iron balustrade to stone stairs leading to a first-floor gallery landing. The walls are panelled in a style reminiscent of Kent, and were decorated with painted scenes by Rex Whistler in 1930. Principal rooms retain original or reset moulded cornices and Palladian doorcases, along with some original chimney pieces.
Numbers 17 and 19 were originally built to mirror each other’s plans, and were leased by Abraham Hume, the 1st Baronet, before being inherited by his son.
Local climate
19, Hill 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 2023
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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