39, Wimpole Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Town house. 9 related planning applications.
39, Wimpole Street W1
- WRENN ID
- long-chancel-marsh
- 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
- Town house
- Address
- 39, Wimpole Street W1, City of Westminster, W1G 8YE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 817
- Coordinates
- 51.51995, -0.14882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 Wimpole Street is a terraced town house dating from the 1770s, built as part of the Portland Estate development. It was likely designed by John White, although the upper floors were later rebuilt. The front of the building is of stock brick with a channelled stucco ground floor, topped by a slate roof. It is four storeys high with a basement, and three windows wide. The front elevation is in a simple style. A semicircular arched doorway is on the left, featuring stucco rustications and a Coade stone banded keystone. The doorway contains a panelled door, side lights, and a fanlight arranged in a Venetian window composition. The windows are recessed sash windows with flat, gauged arches. A parapet runs along the top of the building, with coping along its edge. Plumbed spike finials are present on the area railings. The interior of the building has not been inspected.
Local climate
39, Wimpole 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 — 16 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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