Apsley House is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A C18 Mansion. 3 related planning applications.
Apsley House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-wicket-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Apsley House, 149, Piccadilly W1, City of Westminster, W1J 7NT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 799
- Coordinates
- 51.50347, -0.15166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Apsley House is a Grade I listed mansion located on the north side of Piccadilly in Westminster. It was built between 1771 and 1778 by the architect Robert Adam and was later remodeled and enlarged from 1828 to 1829 by Benjamin and Philip Wyatt, with further alterations made in 1853 by Philip Hardwick. The building features a bath stone facade and consists of three storeys with seven windows across the front.
The ground level has a rusticated podium with three central bays that project forward, supporting a pedimented Corinthian portico. The podium includes arched entrances, while the upper floors are adorned with square-headed, architraved sash windows and French casements on the first floor, all featuring glazing bars. The corners, sides, and rear of the building are treated with Corinthian pilasters, and a dentil cornice runs along all four elevations.
Inside, Apsley House boasts fine interiors, including some original decorations by the Adam Brothers and Wyatt's Waterloo Gallery. It was the residence of the 1st Duke of Wellington.
Local climate
Apsley House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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