Wellington Barracks Main Centre Block with East and West Wings is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Barracks.
Wellington Barracks Main Centre Block with East and West Wings
- WRENN ID
- roaming-corner-starling
- 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
- Barracks
- Address
- Wellington Barracks Main Centre Block with East and West Wings, Birdcage Walk Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1E 6HQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 795
- Coordinates
- 51.49998, -0.13761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellington Barracks is a military barracks built between 1833 and 1859 by Sir Frederick Smith of the Royal Engineers, in consultation with Philip Hardwick. The building was entirely rebuilt behind its facades from 1980 to 1983. It features stucco walls and slate roofs, showcasing a functional military Grecian style. The structure consists of a long central range with link screens connecting to east and west wings, all set back behind a parade ground.
The barracks are three stories tall with dormered attics. The central range has 27 windows, with the middle three bays slightly projecting. Each wing contains three windows. A central tetrastyle Greek Doric portico is flanked by prostyle porticoes, which are also found on the wings. The upper floors have recessed glazing bar sashes with architraves, while the ground floor is rusticated. The upper levels are defined by giant Doric pilasters that support an entablature with a blocking course. The central three-bay section features a pediment with a clock, and there are pediments over the wings. Greek Doric column screens connect the wings to the main range.
Local climate
Wellington Barracks Main Centre Block with East and West Wings 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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