Devereux Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Chambers.

Devereux Chambers

WRENN ID
high-brass-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Chambers
Address
Devereux Chambers, Devereux Court Wc2, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 310 810
Coordinates
51.5129, -0.11234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Devereux Chambers is a building from around 1675, part of New Court in the Temple, likely designed by Barbon. It has been altered in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The building is faced with stucco and has a slate roof, standing four storeys high with a basement. It features five windows facing Devereux Court and a four-window return to New Court. The ground floor is rusticated and includes a central doorway with an architrave and a cornice supported by console brackets. The windows have recessed glazing bar sashes set in architrave surrounds, with pediments above on the first floor. There is a plat band over the ground floor and a sill band with apron panels on the first floor. A moulded cornice is present over the second floor, along with a moulded band at the parapet topped with coping. The return to New Court has similar architectural details. Additionally, the ground floor extends to the right as a screen wall with a semicircular arched opening. The gateway to New Court and The Temple is located within the City of London.

Local climate

Devereux Chambers 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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