85, Wimpole Street W1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Terrace house. 2 related planning applications.
85, Wimpole Street W1
- WRENN ID
- patient-spandrel-ash
- 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
- Terrace house
- Address
- 85, Wimpole Street W1, City of Westminster, W1G 9RJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51687, -0.14786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 85 Wimpole Street is a terrace house built in 1913 by F. M. Elgood. The building features a Portland stone ashlar facade and a slate roof, rising four storeys with a basement and a steeply set-back mansard. Its elevation is simply detailed, blending Arts and Crafts elements with mid-18th century French influences.
The ground floor includes a recessed doorway framed by a shallow bolection architrave, with a recessed window to the left. Between these features is a flush framed glazing bar sash window that is set back from the wall plane. Above this, a shallow canted bay window extends through the first, second, and third floors, featuring flush framed glazing bar sash lights set within shallow bolection architraves.
Raised panels above the first and second floor windows create a cambered arch effect, while the window architraves suggest vertical "ribs" on the bay. The bay culminates in a boldly projecting cornice supported by festooned console corbels at each end. Additionally, there is a console-bracketed balcony on the first floor, which is divided into two parts by the bay window.
Local climate
85, Wimpole 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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