Cabmen's Shelter to North of Central Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Shelter. 4 related planning applications.

Cabmen's Shelter to North of Central Garden

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Shelter
Address
Cabmen's Shelter to North of Central Garden, Hanover Square W1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 288 811
Coordinates
51.51424, -0.14395
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cabmen's Shelter, located to the north of the central garden in Hanover Square, was built in 1897. This structure features a timber frame with tongue and groove timber panel infill and a timber-clad hipped roof that extends to the eaves. It measures seven bays by three bays, with the entrance situated on the south side. The upper part of the wall in the second, third, and fifth bays has windows made of plate glass. There is a narrow band of decorative fretwork panels located between the windows and the eaves. The eaves also showcase prominent rafters with decorative ends, and the stump of a central fleche remains intact. This shelter was erected by the Cabmen's Shelter Fund and is recognized as one of the most elaborate surviving examples of its kind.

Local climate

Cabmen's Shelter to North of Central Garden 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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