16, Hanover Square W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Terrace house. 20 related planning applications.

16, Hanover Square W1

WRENN ID
kindled-bronze-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Terrace house
Address
16, Hanover Square W1, City of Westminster, W1S 1HS
OS grid reference
TQ 288 811
Coordinates
51.51444, -0.1446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 16 Hanover Square is a substantial terrace house built around 1720. It features a brown brick facade with a stuccoed ground floor and a slate roof. The building has undergone early to mid-19th century alterations and stands five storeys tall, with a later attic storey and dormers in a mansard style. It has four windows and an original cornice at the third floor level, along with plat bands between the storeys. The revealed sash windows have segmental arches on the first and second floors. Above a projecting Doric porch, which is located to the left of center, there is a continuous cast iron balcony. Inside, there are notable features, including a cut string staircase with turned balusters and a swept handrail, as well as decorative doorcases.

Local climate

16, Hanover Square W1 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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