Wimbourne House is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Town mansion. 7 related planning applications.
Wimbourne House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-window-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Town mansion
- Address
- Wimbourne House, 22, Arlington Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1RN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 290 802
- Coordinates
- 51.50673, -0.14173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wimbourne House is a town mansion built around 1740 to 1755 by William Kent and completed by Stephen Wright for Henry Pelham. The building underwent significant alterations and extensions in the late 18th century and mid-19th century on the forecourt side, but was "reinstated" in the late 1970s with the demolition of the forebuilding. It is constructed of yellow brick with a slate roof and has three storeys, a basement, and a dormered attic.
The west front facing Green Park is intact and features 11 bays arranged in a rhythm of 3:3:1:3:1, with the triplets consisting of full-height canted bays. The windows are recessed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged arches, and there are stone plat bands at the ground and first floors, along with a stone bracketed cornice and blocking course. All windows are adorned with wrought iron balconettes.
The entrance front has a "reinstated" symmetrical elevation with five windows and a central doorway. Inside, there is notable work by Kent, including a galleried staircase compartment with a coffered ceiling and a very fine saloon at the center of the west front. The saloon features a coffered ceiling with red and blue panels and small relief figures, similar to those found at 44 Berkeley Square. East of the saloon is another fine room with Kent decoration, along with sumptuous 19th-century work.
Local climate
Wimbourne House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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