Westminster County Court is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Court. 7 related planning applications.
Westminster County Court
- WRENN ID
- quartered-foundation-pigeon
- 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
- Court
- Address
- Westminster County Court, 82-84, St Martin's Lane Wc2, City of Westminster, WC2N 4AG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 808
- Coordinates
- 51.5113, -0.12738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Westminster County Court is a Grade II listed building constructed in 1908 by H.N. Hawks from the Office of Works, featuring carving by Gilbert Seale. It is built from Portland stone ashlar with a slate roof and showcases a restrained Free Classical style. The building has three storeys and an attic, with a width of five windows. The central entrance is topped with the Royal Arms. The ground floor features flat voussoir-arched windows with recessed sashes and prominent mask keystones. The upper floors have recessed sashes with pediments on the first floor and cornices, while the top floor windows are arranged in pairs and framed by Ionic columns. The façade is further enhanced by channelled quoin pilasters, string courses, and sill courses, with a main modillion cornice that is topped at each end by paired dies.
Local climate
Westminster County Court 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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