49, York Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terraced house. 3 related planning applications.

49, York Street W1

WRENN ID
gentle-keystone-hyssop
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
49, York Street W1, City of Westminster, W1H 1PU
OS grid reference
TQ 277 817
Coordinates
51.52012, -0.16071
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 49 York Street is a corner terraced house dating from around 1810 to 1820, and built as part of the Portman Estate development around Montagu Square, associated with the work of J.T. Parkinson. The house is constructed of stock brick with a stuccoed ground floor, topped by a concealed slate roof. It is four storeys high, with a basement, and four windows wide, two of which are blind. There is also a two-window return to Upper Montagu Street. A semicircular arched doorway is located in the second bay from the right, with a panelled door featuring fluted jambs and head, and a plain fanlight above. The upper floors have recessed sash windows, set within flat, gauged arches. Stuccowork concludes with a plat band at first floor level. A parapet with coping runs along both frontages. A cast iron balcony with a Gothick pattern is attached to the Upper Montagu Street frontage at first floor level. Cast iron area railings, topped with urn finials, complete the exterior.

Local climate

49, York 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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