31, Old Compton Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1978. House.
31, Old Compton Street W1
- WRENN ID
- tangled-cornice-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31, Old Compton Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 297 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51295, -0.13158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
31 Old Compton Street is a terrace house built in 1724, with some alterations made in the 20th century to the front. The building is constructed of cement-rendered brick, which was originally dressed with red brick, and features a concealed roof. It stands four storeys tall and is three windows wide. The ground floor has a later 20th-century shop front, while the upper floors have flush framed windows with casements that have been inserted under segmental heads. There are bands between the storeys, which were originally moulded brick.
Inside, the house retains several original features, including a panelled passage hall with a box cornice and a fluted pilaster archway leading to the stairwell. The stairwell is also panelled and features closed string dog leg stairs with turned balusters that are boxed in. Some cornices and panelling have been partly covered over in the first and second floor rooms.
Local climate
31, Old Compton 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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