Queen Mary's Steps and Fragment of Whitehall Palace is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. A 1691-93 Historical site. 5 related planning applications.

Queen Mary's Steps and Fragment of Whitehall Palace

WRENN ID
gilded-frieze-lark
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Historical site
Period
1691-93
Address
Queen Mary's Steps and Fragment of Whitehall Palace, Horse Guards Avenue Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 2HU
OS grid reference
TQ 302 800
Coordinates
51.50457, -0.12402
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Queen Mary's Steps and a fragment of Whitehall Palace are located on Horse Guards Avenue in the City of Westminster. This Grade I listed structure is part of the former riverside terrace and steps, along with remains of the palace wall. The site features reconstructed remains of a Tudor palace wall and the north end of the terrace and river steps, which were built between 1691 and 1693 by Sir Christopher Wren. The construction is made of Portland stone. The reconstructed Tudor work represents part of the base of the corner of the river wall of Henry VIII's Whitehall Palace. In front of this wall is the surviving north end of Queen Mary's Terrace, which includes a curved flight of steps flanked by ashlar retaining walls. At the top of the steps, there are the bases of four columns and the doorway sill of the river gate.

Local climate

Queen Mary's Steps and Fragment of Whitehall Palace 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Statue of General Gordon Grade II 15 m
  2. Statue of William Tyndale Grade II 63 m
  3. Ministry of Defence, Containing Sixteenth Century Undercroft and Historic Rooms Numbers 13, 24, 25, 27 and 79 Grade I 84 m
  4. Whitehall Court Grade II* 91 m
  5. The Royal Air Force Memorial, Whitehall Stairs Grade II* 92 m
  6. Thirty-Four Catenary Lamp Standards Grade II 96 m
  7. Plimsoll Memorial Grade II 100 m
  8. Statue of Lord Trenchard Grade II 119 m
  9. Royal United Services Institute Grade II* 128 m
  10. Banqueting House Grade I 131 m