51, Great Cumberland Place W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. House. 4 related planning applications.

51, Great Cumberland Place W1

WRENN ID
shadowed-newel-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
House
Address
51, Great Cumberland Place W1, City of Westminster, W1H 7TJ
OS grid reference
TQ 277 812
Coordinates
51.51607, -0.16051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 51 Great Cumberland Place is a terraced town house built around 1800-1820 as part of the Portman Estate development. The building is constructed of stock brick and features stucco banded rustication on the ground floor, with a concealed slate roof. It has four storeys and a basement, and is four windows wide.

To the left, there is a semicircular arched doorway framed by stucco Doric engaged columns that support an entablature with a dentil cornice. The entrance includes a panelled door, a Greek fret ornament above the door, and a patterned fanlight. The windows are recessed sashes set beneath flat gauged arches. A plat band finishes the ground floor stuccowork, and the building is topped with a parapet that has stone coping.

An original cast iron balcony with a geometric pattern spans the first floor, and there are cast iron area railings with urn finials.

Local climate

51, Great Cumberland Place 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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