8-14, Chester Street SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. House. 28 related planning applications.

8-14, Chester Street SW1

WRENN ID
hushed-porch-ivory
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
House
Address
8-14, Chester Street SW1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 284 794
Coordinates
51.49935, -0.1505
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of houses located at 8 to 14 Chester Street in the City of Westminster, dating from the early 19th century. The buildings are constructed of brick with channelled stucco on the ground floor. They rise five storeys above a basement and each house is three windows wide. The entrances are segmental headed and feature inset fluted Doric columns, with some having decorative fanlights. The first floor has wrought iron balconies with a Greek key pattern. The windows are square gauged headed sashed windows, some with glazing bars, and there are French casements on the first floor. The buildings have parapets and panelled doors, along with cast iron area railings. Notably, there is a lantern with an overarch at No 12, and steps leading up to the entrances.

Local climate

8-14, Chester Street SW1 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 28 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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