Clergy House and Archbishop's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A C19 Residential. 15 related planning applications.
Clergy House and Archbishop's House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-stone-primrose
- 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
- Residential
- Address
- Clergy House and Archbishop's House, Ambrosden Avenue Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 1QJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 789
- Coordinates
- 51.49507, -0.13861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clergy House and Archbishop's House is a residential building for cathedral clergy, constructed between 1895 and around 1902 by Bentley. It features red brick with Portland stone dressings and a green slate roof. The structure has two storeys, a semi-basement, an attic, and an attic mansard.
The façade consists of six main bays, with the left bay featuring a five-storey tower-like projection topped with a low pyramidal roof. The other bays display an almost symmetrical design, highlighted by a central projecting porch supported by gothic columns and a barrel roof. The outer bays contain three windows each, while the inner bays have paired windows with unifying thermal windows above. The windows are square-headed sashes with glazing bars and segmental reveals above, with the first-floor windows having architraves. A wrought-iron balcony spans the centre three bays on the first floor, and a cornice runs above this level. Pilaster strips are present between the attic windows, and the original wrought-iron railings are intact. There is also a return façade to the left.
The interiors have not been inspected. This building forms a group with the Diocesan Hall and The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Most Precious Blood, both located in Ashley Gardens.
Local climate
Clergy House and Archbishop's 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 — 15 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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