52, Cadogan Square SW1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Residential building. 3 related planning applications.
52, Cadogan Square SW1
- WRENN ID
- long-stone-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Residential building
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- 52, Cadogan Square SW1, SW1X 0JW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 277 789
- Coordinates
- 51.49532, -0.16163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a large five-storey house built in 1886-7 on Cadogan Square, designed by Sir Ernest George for T. A. de la Rue. It is considered the most elaborately decorated house in the square. The exterior is red brick with terra-cotta dressings and ornamental brick carvings, featuring leaded windows with mullions to transoms. The façade includes two three-storey bay windows; the one on the right is square, while the one on the left is splayed and has a tented copper roof. The interior has not been inspected as part of the listing process.
Local climate
52, Cadogan Square SW1 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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