St James' House is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1970. Dwelling. 8 related planning applications.

St James' House

WRENN ID
third-pediment-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1970
Type
Dwelling
Address
St James' House, 13, Kensington Square W8, W8 5HD
OS grid reference
TQ 257 794
Coordinates
51.50023, -0.18924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St James’ House is a dwelling, rebuilt in the 19th century as a double-fronted house and later in the 19th century converted into two residences. The property is four storeys high, with a basement and dormers. It has three windows with a projecting central bay. The roof is slate, with a mansard form. The building features a yellow stock brick cornice, with a main modillion cornice at the third floor level. Gauged flat brick arches frame the recessed sash windows of three lights. The windows on the second floor have stucco aprons, while the first-floor flanking windows are recessed behind an Ionic arcade. A prostyle portico, with a dentil cornice and a blocking course bearing the inscription “St James House” in a panel, provides the main entrance.

Local climate

St James' 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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