Southside Halls, Imperial College is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Student residential block. 1 related planning application.

Southside Halls, Imperial College

WRENN ID
sheer-nave-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Student residential block
Address
Southside Halls, Imperial College, Princes Gardens, City of Westminster, SW7 2PE
OS grid reference
TQ 269 793
Coordinates
51.49864, -0.17228
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Southside Halls at Imperial College is a student residential block built between 1960 and 1963, designed by Sheppard Robson and Partners. The building is constructed from board marked reinforced concrete and features glass and timber framed windows, topped with a flat roof. It stands ten stories tall, with student rooms arranged in clusters of eight across six floors. These are divided into two groups of three by an upper level 'street', situated above a podium that houses common rooms and refectories. The ground floor, gallery level, and top storey are recessed. The design includes floor-to-ceiling glazing with expressed cross walls between the student rooms, while the common areas feature floor-to-ceiling glazing with narrowly spaced thick timber mullions.

Local climate

Southside Halls, Imperial College 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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