Debenham House is a Grade I listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A 1905-7 House. 27 related planning applications.
Debenham House
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-aspen
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Debenham House, 8, Addison Road W14
- OS grid reference
- TQ 244 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50246, -0.20878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Debenham House is a substantial building constructed between 1905 and 1907 by architect Halsey Ricardo. It features a combination of brick, glazed brick in green and turquoise, and white faience, topped with a green glazed pantile roof. The house stands three storeys high with a basement and is five bays wide. The three central bays are highlighted by giant order arcades and pilasters made of faience, which support an elaborate cornice. To the left, there is a two-storey bay window. The building also has a pilastered attic and eaves cornice, with sash windows on the ground floor and Serlian windows in the central bays of the first floor. The entrance is located on the left-hand return, accessible via a covered way adorned with intricate tilework. Inside, the house boasts important interiors featuring mosaic and tile decoration. Additionally, there is an adjoining garden house decorated with tiles by William de Morgan.
Local climate
Debenham House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 27 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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