14, King Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terrace house. 9 related planning applications.

14, King Street WC2

WRENN ID
gilded-parapet-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1973
Type
Terrace house
Address
14, King Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 8HN
OS grid reference
TQ 302 808
Coordinates
51.51142, -0.12461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 14 King Street is a terrace house with shops, originating from 1704-05 and refaced around 1862. The building is stuccoed with a concealed roof and features an elaborate Italianate facade. It stands four storeys high and is one broad window wide. The ground floor has a mid-20th century shop front, while the upper floors showcase recessed tripartite sash windows set within architraves. The first floor windows are flanked by Ionic pilasters that support an entablature, while the second floor has a block balustrade and cornice on consoles. Each floor is flanked by rusticated and panelled quoin pilasters, with string and sill courses, and is topped with a deep crowning cornice supported by modillion brackets.

Local climate

14, King Street WC2 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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