2 and 3, Cowley Street SW1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Terraced houses. 2 related planning applications.
2 and 3, Cowley Street SW1
- WRENN ID
- lost-stair-jet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- 2 and 3, Cowley Street SW1, City of Westminster, SW1P 3NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49728, -0.12742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2 and 3 Cowley Street are a pair of terraced houses built around 1722. They are constructed of brown brick and feature tiled roofs, standing three storeys high with basements and dormered mansards. The entrances are located to the right and have early 19th-century reeded architrave doorcases with corner bosses. The houses have recessed sash windows that sit under segmental gauged arches, with stuccoed reveals. The upper parts of the facades have been rebuilt but retain the original windows. There are brick plat bands and parapets with coping, along with wrought iron area railings. This pair is part of an exceptionally well-preserved early 18th-century group of housing that includes Barton and Lord North Streets.
Local climate
2 and 3, Cowley Street SW1 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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