Pair of Shelters Outside Chaucer House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1998. Shelters.
Pair of Shelters Outside Chaucer House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-groin-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1998
- Type
- Shelters
- Address
- Pair of Shelters Outside Chaucer House, Churchill Gardens Road, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 292 780
- Coordinates
- 51.48628, -0.14019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pair of shelters outside Chaucer House was built in 1950 by Powell and Moya for Westminster City Council. Originally intended for storing refuse, these shelters feature brick walls in stretcher bond with a half-brick gap between each brick, creating a lattice grid effect. The roofs are made of shell concrete supported by steel columns, and the structures have a circular plan and are single storey. These shelters are an important part of the initial development of Churchill Gardens, forming a close group with Chaucer House and appearing in many early views of the estate. They reflect the careful design of the surrounding grounds and the architects' preference for circular ancillary structures to contrast with the straight lines of the flats.
Local climate
Pair of Shelters Outside Chaucer 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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