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

Oval House

WRENN ID
pitched-window-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Villa
Address
Oval House, 54, Kennington Oval Se11, SE11 5SW
OS grid reference
TQ 310 776
Coordinates
51.48253, -0.11427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oval House is a tall mid-19th century villa that stands three storeys high with a basement and features three windows across its facade. The building is constructed of stucco with incised lines and has a fairly low pitched hipped slate roof. It has sash windows, some of which include margin lights, set in chamfered reveals. The ground floor windows, including those in the projecting canted bays on the sides, are casements with transoms, and there is decorative glazing on the left return. Access to the building is via five steps with pierced side walls leading to a projecting porch, which has a parapet that rises to a central peak and a Tudor arched entrance. Notably, this house is the birthplace of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery.

Local climate

Oval 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
  • 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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