Evelyn House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Commercial premises. 13 related planning applications.
Evelyn House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-bronze-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Commercial premises
- Address
- Evelyn House, 54-62, Oxford Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 296 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51639, -0.13318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Evelyn House is a commercial building located on Oxford Street in the City of Westminster, constructed in 1909 and designed by H Percy Adams and Charles Holden. The building is made of Portland stone and features four storeys plus an attic storey. It has four bays facing Oxford Street and is designed in a stripped classical style. There are strip pilasters between the shops on the ground floor, except at the corner where alterations were made in the mid-20th century. Giant strip pilasters rise between the bays from the first to the third storey. The first floor has semicircular windows, while the upper floors feature square-headed windows arranged in triplets, with architraves, sashes, and plate glass. The second floor has cast iron balconies, and there is a modillion cornice above the third floor. The attic has plastered paired windows, and the building has slab chimneys. The return side of the building is similar but includes dormers.
Local climate
Evelyn House 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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