53-55, Dorset Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Terraced houses. 5 related planning applications.

53-55, Dorset Street W1

WRENN ID
scarred-cinder-jackdaw
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
Terraced houses
Address
53-55, Dorset Street W1, City of Westminster, W1H 3FA
OS grid reference
TQ 281 816
Coordinates
51.51963, -0.1547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 53 and 55 on Dorset Street are a pair of terraced houses built around 1790-1800 as part of the Portman Estate development. They form the return of Nos. 28A and 28 to 46 on Manchester Street. The houses are constructed of stock brick with stucco ground floors and have concealed slate roofs. They rise to four storeys and feature a combined frontage that is five windows wide, with two of the windows being blind on the left side.

No. 53 has an early 19th-century shop front frame with pilasters that support an entablature-fascia, while Nos. 54 and 55 have a mid-20th-century shop front. The upper floors are adorned with recessed sash windows and blind windows, all set beneath flat gauged red brick arches. A crowning stucco cornice and blocking course complete the design. This listing is included for its group value.

Local climate

53-55, Dorset Street 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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