Gayfere Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Terraced town house. 4 related planning applications.
Gayfere Lodge
- WRENN ID
- worn-threshold-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1970
- Type
- Terraced town house
- Address
- Gayfere Lodge, 12, Gayfere Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 3HP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 791
- Coordinates
- 51.49632, -0.12781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gayfere Lodge is a terraced town house dating from around 1930, designed by Oliver Hill. It is located in Gayfere Street, City of Westminster, and incorporates No. 40 Smith Square. The building exhibits a sophisticated neo-Georgian style, described as "beau-monde," and is constructed from red brick with Portland stone dressings and a tiled roof. It is three storeys high and features two tiers of attic dormers within a steeply pitched roof. The symmetrical design comprises a five-window "centre," a recessed entrance bay to the left for No. 40, and a three-window wing to the right for No. 12. The central entrance to No. 12 is architraved with a cornice on consoles. The entrance to No. 40 Smith Square has a similar doorway, both with pedimented windows above; the window above No. 40 has a "pergola" balcony. The windows are glazing bar sash windows, recessed and set beneath flat, gauged brick arches with keystones. The north wing incorporates narrow, segmental arched windows. Architectural details include a stone plinth, a sill band on the first floor, a stone cornice, a brick parapet under the eaves and a central pediment.
Local climate
Gayfere Lodge 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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