Albany Courtyard is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A Georgian Townhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Albany Courtyard

WRENN ID
upper-rubble-torch
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1958
Type
Townhouse
Period
Georgian
Address
Albany Courtyard, Piccadilly W1, City of Westminster, W1J 0HF
OS grid reference
TQ 292 805
Coordinates
51.50883, -0.13859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Albany Courtyard consists of the flanking forecourt wings of Melbourne House, built between 1771 and 1776 by Sir William Chambers. The structure is made of brown brick with a slate roof and features two storeys and a basement. Each wing is nine bays wide, with the central three bays slightly advanced and topped with a pediment. There are central doorways for each group of three bays, which are framed by stone doorcases, pulvinated friezes, and pediments. The windows are revealed sash windows without glazing bars, set under flat gauged arches. A stone sill band runs along the ground floor, and there is a stone band cornice below the parapet with coping. This building is part of a rare surviving enclave of town mansions, which were converted and extended into apartments by Henry Holland in 1802-03.

Local climate

Albany Courtyard 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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