Shop Front to Wartski Jewellers is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 2012. Shop front. 8 related planning applications.
Shop Front to Wartski Jewellers
- WRENN ID
- odd-doorway-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 2012
- Type
- Shop front
- Address
- Shop Front to Wartski Jewellers, 14 Grafton Street, London, City of Westminster, W1S 4DE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 806
- Coordinates
- 51.51032, -0.14296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The shop front to Wartski Jewellers is of special interest, along with its associated internal shutters. It features a six-bay design with a recessed entrance lobby in the second bay from the left. The frame is made of patinated bronze, set within black polished granite pilasters. The lower section includes five display windows, while the overhanging upper part consists of bronze panels with a striated finish, each containing a rectangular window. The stallriser is covered in horizontal white marble slabs, and black granite steps lead up to the entrance. Above the entrance, there is a box sign with a gold finish that displays the royal coat of arms and the name WARTSKI. The end bay on the right has a deep projecting box sign featuring the number 14 and WARTSKI OF LLANDUDNO on each side. The entrance has a plate-glass door with a central bronze panel. Internally, the display window is fitted with flush timber shutters.
Local climate
Shop Front to Wartski Jewellers 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 2019
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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