Bolton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Club. 5 related planning applications.
Bolton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- spare-lead-swift
- 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
- Club
- Address
- Bolton Lodge, 143, Old Church Street Sw3, SW3 6EB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 268 781
- Coordinates
- 51.48786, -0.17459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bolton Lodge, located at 143 Old Church Street in Chelsea, is a two-storey building that has served as the Chelsea Arts Club since 1902. The exterior is faced in stucco and features chamfered 'Tudor' arched openings with dripmoulds and iron guards on the first floor. The parapet is adorned with small ball finials. The Club has strong connections to many prominent art figures of the 20th century, including Whistler, Wilson Steer, George Clausen, Brangwyn, Sickert, Augustus John, Sargent, Ambrose McEvoy, Orpen, Lavery, Short, Munnings, Lutyens, Adrian Jones, Derwent Wood, Minton, Jagger, Alfonso Toft, Albert Rutherston, Sir Charles Wheeler, and Professors Brown and Tonks of the Slade, among others. It is listed as Grade II for its historical interest.
Local climate
Bolton Lodge 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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