8, Hill Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Town house. 7 related planning applications.
8, Hill Street W1
- WRENN ID
- lost-jade-jackdaw
- 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
- Town house
- Address
- 8, Hill Street W1, City of Westminster, W1J 5NH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50921, -0.14783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Hill Street is a terraced town house located in the City of Westminster. It was originally built in the mid to late 18th century but was rebuilt by Clough Williams-Ellis in 1924. The house features a brown brick facade with an amber brick parapet and a slate roof. It has three storeys, a basement, and a dormered mansard attic. The building has six windows, which are revealed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged arches. The entrance includes a doorway with a rectangular fanlight, flanked by stucco pilasters and topped with a projecting cornice. There is a cast iron balcony on the first floor.
Local climate
8, Hill Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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