40, Chelsea Square SW3 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1981. House. 9 related planning applications.
40, Chelsea Square SW3
- WRENN ID
- high-moat-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1981
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TQ 269 781
- Coordinates
- 51.48775, -0.17316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
40 Chelsea Square is a neo-Georgian house built in 1930 by Oliver Hill. It is a symmetrical two-storey building with five bays, constructed of white-painted stucco and has a pantile roof and two tall brick chimney stacks. The entrance bay projects slightly forward, featuring a three-bay central pedimented projection. The front door is panelled, with a window above set within a segmental-pedimented case, and a segmental-headed sash window with glazing bars, topped by a keystone. A small oval window is located within the pediment. Quoins are present at the first floor level. The walls curve outwards at ground level, screening a single-storey service wing and passage, the entrance to which is a modern replacement. The interior remains largely intact. This building exhibits group value.
Local climate
40, Chelsea Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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