38, King Street WC2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1973. Terrace house. 9 related planning applications.
38, King Street WC2
- WRENN ID
- small-solder-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1973
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 38, King Street WC2, City of Westminster, WC2E 8JS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 302 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51187, -0.12432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 38 King Street is a terrace house built or significantly rebuilt between 1773 and 1774. It is constructed of stock brick and has a concealed roof. The building stands four storeys tall and is three windows wide. The ground floor features a mid-20th century doorway on the left and a shop window, which is framed by stucco pilasters and topped with an entablature. The upper floors have recessed sash windows that sit beneath flat gauged arches with stuccoed reveals. The parapet, which has stone coping, has been rebuilt.
Local climate
38, King Street WC2 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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