The River House is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. Residential building. 2 related planning applications.

The River House

WRENN ID
weathered-lintel-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Residential building
Address
The River House, Tite Street Sw3, SW3 4LG
OS grid reference
TQ 279 777
Coordinates
51.48455, -0.15916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The River House is a house of 1876, designed by G F Bodley and T Garner. It is constructed of yellow brick with red brick dressings and a tiled roof. The Tite Street facade is seven windows wide and generally five storeys high, featuring moulded brick cornices at the second and third floor sills, and a moulded band below the first floor. The Chelsea Embankment elevation has three windows, incorporating an oriel window at the first floor.

Local climate

The River 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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