Chelsea Embankment Cabmen's Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 2022. Cabmen's shelter. 3 related planning applications.
Chelsea Embankment Cabmen's Shelter
- WRENN ID
- hushed-gutter-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 2022
- Type
- Cabmen's shelter
- Address
- Chelsea Embankment Cabmen's Shelter, Cheyne Walk, London, SW3 5LW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 273 776
- Coordinates
- 51.48331, -0.16762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelsea Embankment Cabmen’s Shelter was erected in 1912 for the Cabmen’s Shelter Fund. It represents a later variation of Maximilian Clarke’s ‘ornamental’ cabmen’s shelter design. The shelter underwent repairs and some component replacements in the 1970s and 1980s, and again in 2022.
The structure is built with an oak frame and timber cladding, painted a distinctive Buckingham green. It is a shelter of nine framed bays, including two end bays, and is set on an elevated platform. The timber frame posts and rails are visible, with vertical boarding panels set between them. A door is located on the north side, with two four-light windows positioned on either side. Small windows are integrated into the upper panels of both end bays, and two slender, rectangular windows are also incorporated into the upper outer panels on the south side. The roof is hipped, with overhanging eaves and exposed joist ends. Centrally located on the ridge is a square, louvered ventilation lantern, topped with a small tented roof. The interior has not been inspected, and it is believed to lack any original fixtures.
Local climate
Chelsea Embankment Cabmen's Shelter 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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