15, Chelsea Embankment SW3 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 11 related planning applications.

15, Chelsea Embankment SW3

WRENN ID
narrow-crypt-mint
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
15, Chelsea Embankment SW3, SW3 4LA
OS grid reference
TQ 276 777
Coordinates
51.48407, -0.16306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

15 Chelsea Embankment is a brick building constructed in 1878, designed by R. Norman Shaw. It is four storeys and has an attic and basement, with a width of seven windows. The building features bay windows extending from the basement to the second floor on either side. A central chimney stack rises from the third floor through the gable. The windows are narrow sash windows with segmental heads and keystones. The third-floor outer windows are Venetian in style. A wrought iron balcony is located on the first floor. The central doorway is topped by a window within a broken pediment.

Local climate

15, Chelsea Embankment SW3 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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  • Sale history — 26 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 11 applications
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  • 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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