Chester House is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Residential. 2 related planning applications.

Chester House

WRENN ID
mired-hearth-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Residential
Address
Chester House, 231, Kennington Road Se11, SE11 6BY
OS grid reference
TQ 312 785
Coordinates
51.49077, -0.11072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chester House is an early 20th-century block of flats, originally seven windows wide. The exterior is stock brick with stone dressings, including a first-floor band, first and third-floor sill bands, and a moulded cornice with modillions. The roof is hipped and covered in pantiles. Sash windows with glazing bars are set within gauged flat brick arches. The third floor sill has brackets with guttae. The central three bays feature second-floor windows with triple keystones, and first-floor windows with voussoirs and a keystone incorporating a large mask. A thick, balustraded balcony, supported by heavy carved brackets, is present on the first floor. The ground floor is quoined, and a modest half-glazed door is set within a moulded architrave on the right-hand side.

Local climate

Chester House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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