13 AND 16, LAWRENCE STREET SW3 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 1 related planning application.

13 AND 16, LAWRENCE STREET SW3 (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
buried-bastion-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
House
Address
13 AND 16, LAWRENCE STREET SW3 (See details for further address information), SW3 5NE
OS grid reference
TQ 270 777
Coordinates
51.48412, -0.17103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-18th century terrace of houses located on Lawrence Street. It comprises numbers 13 and 16, along with others forming a cohesive group and relating to number 2 Justic Walk. The terrace is two storeys high with dormer windows, and is two windows wide. The buildings are constructed of brown brick with red gauged flat arches over the recessed windows. The doorcases are made of wood and feature moulded heads. The mansards are tiled, with number 15 having a slate covering. Number 16 features a tablet commemorating the manufacture of Chelsea porcelain in the street between 1745 and 1784, and references the residence of the novelist Tobias Smollett from 1750 to 1762.

Local climate

13 AND 16, LAWRENCE STREET SW3 (See details for further address information) 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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