1-6, PARK CRESCENT W1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A 1812 House, town house. 1 related planning application.

1-6, PARK CRESCENT W1 (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
stranded-mullion-briar
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
House, town house
Address
1-6, PARK CRESCENT W1 (See details for further address information), 98, Portland Place W1, City of Westminster, W1B 1LT
OS grid reference
TQ 287 821
Coordinates
51.52331, -0.14497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1 to 6 Park Crescent are a group of townhouses located in the City of Westminster, built in 1812 by John Nash as part of his Regent's Park development. They were restored after war damage and form the eastern half of the crescent. The buildings are faced with stucco and topped with slate roofs, showcasing simple yet spacious Grecian detailing, particularly highlighted by the continuous ground floor colonnade.

The houses rise four storeys, including an attic, and feature a basement. Each house has a three-window-wide front, with the end houses slightly projecting as terminal pavilions that return to Marylebone Road and Portland Place. The colonnade consists of coupled Ionic columns on square plinths, which elegantly screens the basement and ground floors, topped with a balustraded parapet over a dentil corniced entablature.

The channelled ground floor contains square-headed recessed doorways, some of which have been altered to windows, along with recessed glazing bar sash windows. Between the end pavilions, the first-floor sash windows are semicircular arched and recessed for two orders, while the second floor and attic storey feature square-headed recessed glazing bar sashes. The end pavilion houses have square-headed windows with shallow architraves and cornices over the first floor, and semicircular arched windows in the attic storey. The ground floor windows facing Marylebone Road are also semicircular headed.

Above the second floor, there is a cornice and blocking course, with an attic cornice and balustraded parapet over the intervening houses, and shallow block pediments with acroteria on the terminal pavilions. The intercolumniations are adorned with cast iron spearhead area railings. Park Crescent serves as Nash's grand approach to Regent's Park, connecting from the axis of Portland Place and is part of a larger planned circus from his 1811-12 scheme.

Local climate

1-6, PARK CRESCENT W1 (See details for further address information) 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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  2. Cattle Trough on Gardenside Pavement, Opposite Number 14 Grade II 64 m
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  4. South East Lodge South East Lodge in Park Square Grade II 92 m
  5. Statue of Edward Augustus Duke of Kent, on the South Edge of the Crescent Gardens Axial to Portland Place Grade II 93 m
  6. Forecourt Railings to Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Albany Terrace Grade II 97 m
  7. The Nursemaids' Tunnel, Regent's Park Grade II 100 m
  8. Railings Around Crescent Gardens Grade II 103 m
  9. Drinking Fountain Outside Underground Station Grade II 104 m
  10. Forecourt Railings and Lamps to Number 2 Grade II 106 m