1a, Cavendish Avenue NW8 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Villa. 9 related planning applications.
1a, Cavendish Avenue NW8
- WRENN ID
- waiting-crypt-sable
- 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
- Villa
- Address
- 1a, Cavendish Avenue NW8, City of Westminster, NW8 9JE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 267 830
- Coordinates
- 51.53249, -0.17334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached villa, built around 1840. It is constructed of brick with a slate roof that slopes to the eaves. The house is two storeys high with a basement. It has a width of three windows. The basement is stuccoed. A slightly projecting porch with Doric columns is centrally located. The front door is panelled, and the windows have a square head with gauged arches above. The ground floor windows are tripartite sashes with plate glass, and cast iron window guards are fitted to the ground floor.
Local climate
1a, Cavendish Avenue NW8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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