Clarence House is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Victorian Town mansion. 12 related planning applications.
Clarence House
- WRENN ID
- former-vault-owl
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Town mansion
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Clarence House, Stable Yard Road Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1BA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 799
- Coordinates
- 51.50396, -0.13842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clarence House is a Grade I listed town mansion located at the west end of St. James's Palace in the City of Westminster. It was built between 1825 and 1827 by John Nash for the Duke of Clarence, who later became King William IV. The building was enlarged in 1873 and underwent alterations in the 20th century. It features a stucco façade and slate roofs, standing four storeys high with a basement.
The elevation facing Stable Yard has nine windows, while the side facing the grounds and St. James's Park has seven windows and a central canted bay. There is an entrance portico in Stable Yard. The windows are recessed glazing-bar sashes set in shallow architrave surrounds, with the first-floor windows being semicircular arched and featuring inset balustrades. Additional architectural details include sill courses, a dentil cornice above the second floor, and a balustraded parapet. The interior has been significantly altered over time. For details regarding the garden walls and other features, refer to St. James's Palace on St. James's Street.
Local climate
Clarence 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 — 12 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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