42 AND 44, MORTIMER STREET W1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Shop, flat. 6 related planning applications.
42 AND 44, MORTIMER STREET W1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Shop, flat
- Address
- 42 AND 44, MORTIMER STREET W1 (See details for further address information), City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 291 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51795, -0.1405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a large corner building comprising shops and flats, dating from the early 20th century (around 1904), designed by Beresford Pite. It was originally built as a youth hostel. The building is constructed of banded red brick with Portland stone dressings and a slate roof, reflecting Pite's individual Arts and Crafts style. It is four storeys high, with a basement and two tiers of dormers in the gable end roofs. The building has a long nine-bay facade to Great Titchfield Street and a three-bay return. A central, pedimented doorway is prominent on the Mortimer Street frontage, flanked by shop windows. The facades have a strong vertical emphasis, featuring narrow through-storey oriels and shallow arcades framing cambered arched sash windows. A parapet with coping extends up the gable ends, and the vertical emphasis is continued through the dormers to lofty, panelled chimney stacks. Plain area railings surround the building. A London County Council plaque on number 44 marks the former residence and death of Joseph Nollekens on this site.
Local climate
42 AND 44, MORTIMER STREET W1 (See details for further address information) 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 — 14 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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