26, Westbourne Grove W2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Theatre, commercial premises. 6 related planning applications.
26, Westbourne Grove W2
- WRENN ID
- waiting-iron-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Theatre, commercial premises
- Address
- 26, Westbourne Grove W2, City of Westminster, W2 5RH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 256 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51572, -0.1904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a theatre, now used as commercial premises, dating to around 1860. It is built of painted stone or stucco and has a balustraded attic. The building is in the Italianate style, with four storeys and four bays. The ground floor has arched windows, and an arched entrance is located in the second bay from the right. Portrait roundels are set within the arches above the ground floor windows. A continuous round-headed arcade runs along the first floor, while the second and third floors feature paired windows set in arched reveals, with portrait roundels positioned between them, including depictions of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Twentieth-century casement windows are present throughout, except on the ground floor to the left, where two bays retain the original arched metal-bar glazing. A modillion cornice is present, and the capitals of the columns exhibit naturalistic foliage at each level. The theatre was originally built as a Shakespearean theatre.
Local climate
26, Westbourne Grove W2 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 21 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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