42 and 43, Princes Square W2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1965. House. 8 related planning applications.
42 and 43, Princes Square W2
- WRENN ID
- fading-storey-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- 42 and 43, Princes Square W2, City of Westminster, W2 4NQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 256 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51345, -0.19113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 42 and 43, Princes Square are a pair of terraced houses dating from the 1850s, built as part of a planned development for Princes Square. They are constructed of stucco, with the roof obscured. The corner site features four storeys, an attic, and a basement. Each house has a two-window frontage. The facade is characterised by rusticated quoins and channelling to the ground floor. Projecting Ionic porches are present on each facade, and a continuous bombé balcony runs across the first floor. The ground and third floor windows are square headed, while the first-floor windows have rounded upper corners and are flanked by Corinthian half columns. The second-floor windows have a segmental head. All windows are sash windows with plate glass. The south facade is partly blind. A cornice above the third floor incorporates a rich acanthus frieze, leading to arched attic windows and a subsidiary cornice. Cast iron area railings are present. A return elevation is located to the left.
Local climate
42 and 43, Princes Square W2 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.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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