4 and 4a, Aldford Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Mews house. 5 related planning applications.

4 and 4a, Aldford Street W1

WRENN ID
strange-cellar-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1970
Type
Mews house
Address
4 and 4a, Aldford Street W1, City of Westminster, W1K 2AE
OS grid reference
TQ 283 804
Coordinates
51.50877, -0.15191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 4 and 4A Aldford Street is a terraced mews house built around 1898-1899 by Balfour and Turner, with a shop added in 1929. This building is part of the redevelopment of Mayfair for the Grosvenor Estate and is designed similarly to No. 3. It features red brick with Portland stone dressings and a plain tile roof, showcasing restrained Arts and Crafts detailing influenced by late 17th-century domestic architecture.

The house has two storeys, a basement, and a dormered attic beneath a half-hipped roof. The front has two main irregular bays, with the right-hand bay slightly advanced, featuring a cornice-hood doorway and sidelights, along with three closely grouped flush framed glazing bar sashes on the first floor. The set-back portion includes a plain double shop front with a cornice fascia and flush framed glazing bar sashes above. The eaves have a coved cornice, and there are two large gabled casement dormers in the roof. The property is enclosed by cast iron area railings that resemble those of No. 3.

Local climate

4 and 4a, Aldford 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.

More on this building

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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