107 and 109, Harley Street W1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. Town houses. 11 related planning applications.
107 and 109, Harley Street W1
- WRENN ID
- other-fireplace-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Town houses
- Address
- 107 and 109, Harley Street W1, City of Westminster, W1G 6AL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 818
- Coordinates
- 51.52125, -0.14823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of terraced town houses, built around 1777 as part of the Harley Street Portland Estate development. The design was likely a partnership between John White and the plasterer Thomas Collins, both associates of Sir William Chambers. The houses are constructed with stock brick, with boldly channelled stucco on the ground floors, and have slate roofs. They feature a bowed rear elevation.
The houses are four storeys high, with basements and dormered mansards, and each has a three-window front. They have broad, semicircular arched doorways on the left-hand side. Number 109 retains its original vermiculated Coade stone surround to the doorway, featuring a head keystone. Number 107 was likely altered around 1900, introducing a curved cornice and panelled jambs flanking the door, which sits beneath a fanlight. Number 109 retains its original panelled door, with framed side lights and a patterned fanlight designed as a Venetian window composition. The upper floors have recessed sash windows within stucco architraves, with cornices above on the first floor. The houses have parapets with stone copings. 19th-century cast iron bombé balconies are present on the first floor, along with cast iron area railings topped with urn finials.
The interiors are of a high quality, characteristic of the prestigious Harley Street houses of the 1770s. They are more elaborate than typical examples, featuring arched hallway openings leading to top-lit, stone geometrical staircases with scrollwork wrought iron balustrades. The ceilings and friezes display delicate plasterwork including flutes, palmettes, and wreath-and-garland motifs. Stucco mythological relief medallions, reminiscent of the work of Sir William Chambers, are framed by garlands and inlaid marble chimneypieces supported by Ionic columns and pilasters. Other original features include mahogany doors and panelled shutters.
Local climate
107 and 109, Harley 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.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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