72, Brook Street W1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. House. 1 related planning application.
72, Brook Street W1
- WRENN ID
- eternal-keep-plover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- 72, Brook Street W1, City of Westminster, W1K 5EB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 809
- Coordinates
- 51.5127, -0.149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 72 Brook Street is a Grade II* listed terrace house built in 1726 by Edward Shepherd for himself. The building features brown brick with quoin blocks on the party line and stands four storeys high, including a basement and a slated mansard attic with two dormers. It has three windows, although the ground floor has been altered to include arched windows set in rusticated arched recesses. The entrance is marked by a rusticated arch. The windows have revealed glazing bar sashes, with those on the first floor featuring wrought iron balconies. There is a bracketed main cornice at the third floor level and a parapet with coping. The property is also adorned with wrought iron area railings and an overthrow.
Inside, the house has a notable staircase accessed through a vaulted hall, with unusual detailing on the cut treads and a columnar balustrade. The first floor features an Ionic columned gallery. The original panelling remains in the main rooms on the ground and first floors, along with Rococo plasterwork ceilings created by Shepherd.
Local climate
72, Brook Street W1 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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