46-63 Chester Square Including No. 39 Eccleston Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Terrace of houses. 90 related planning applications.

46-63 Chester Square Including No. 39 Eccleston Street

WRENN ID
sheer-step-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1970
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
46-63 Chester Square Including No. 39 Eccleston Street, Chester Square Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 285 789
Coordinates
51.49471, -0.14989
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a terrace of houses built in the early 19th century as part of the planned layout of Chester Square. The houses are made of stucco and have low slate mansards. Numbers 46 to 63, along with number 39 Eccleston Street, form the terrace. The end houses and numbers 54, 57, and set forward slightly. Numbers 55 and 56 feature a prominent giant pilaster order that runs from the first to the second floor. The ground floor has channelling. Each house has a projecting Doric porch with square piers, and studded, panelled front doors. A continuous lotus-pattern balcony runs along the front of the first floor. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, although the first floor has French casements. A stucco cornice sits above the second floor, with a smaller subsidiary cornice leading to the attic. Cast iron area railings are also present.

Local climate

46-63 Chester Square Including No. 39 Eccleston Street 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 — 14 transactions since 1996
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  • Radon risk assessment
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