15, Tavistock Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Terrace house with shop. 6 related planning applications.

15, Tavistock Street WC2

WRENN ID
secret-outpost-heron
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
Terrace house with shop
Address
15, Tavistock Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 7PA
OS grid reference
TQ 305 809
Coordinates
51.51234, -0.12038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

15 Tavistock Street is a terrace house with a shop, built in 1729. The building features brown brick with red brick dressings and has a slate roof. It stands four storeys high and is three windows wide. The shop front was altered in the early 19th century but still retains a panelled house door to the right, which is flanked by fluted pilasters and an entablature fascia. The upper floors have flush framed glazing bar sashes set under segmental arches. There is a brick band below the attic storey and a parapet with coping.

Inside, the building retains a passage hall that leads to a dog leg staircase with closed strings, turned balusters, and column newels. The first-floor rooms are panelled and feature box cornices. The front room has fielded panelling, with a Doric pilaster framing a cupboard door to the right of the chimney breast. The rear room includes an angle fireplace and plain panelling, with box cornices continuing to the second floor.

Local climate

15, Tavistock 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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