The Institution of Civil Engineers is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1984. Institution headquarters. 35 related planning applications.
The Institution of Civil Engineers
- WRENN ID
- floating-loft-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1984
- Type
- Institution headquarters
- Address
- The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50096, -0.12909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Institution of Civil Engineers is the headquarters of the organization, built in 1912 by James Miller. It features a stone exterior and a slate roof, designed in a grand Beaux Arts Dixhuitieme style. The building is a monumental corner block with two main storeys and a half basement, measuring nine windows wide in a symmetrical layout. The central entrance is flanked by slightly advanced end bays, which are connected by a giant colonnade to the first floor. The ground floor has a channelled finish with a central portal supported by Ionic columns, topped with an elaborately carved crest. Most windows are square-headed, except for the semicircular arched windows in the central bays of the ground floor. The first-floor windows are located in channelled terminal pavilions, featuring elaborate surrounds and framed as aedicules. A deep drowning entablature with a balustraded parapet crowns the building, along with a tall attic on the corner pavilion. There is a similar return to Storey's Gate, and a stone area balustrade adds to the exterior. The interiors boast rich neo-Palladian and Baroque detailing, including a domed assembly hall.
Local climate
The Institution of Civil Engineers 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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- Related listed building consents — 35 applications
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