The Champion Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Champion Public House
- WRENN ID
- still-tower-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Champion Public House, Wells Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51687, -0.1373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Champion Public House is a corner public house built around 1860-1870. It is constructed from gault brick with stucco dressings and features a slate roof. The building showcases lively classical detailing and stands four storeys tall, with three windows on each front and an inset stuccoed quadrant corner. The ground floor includes a bar front with corner and side entrances, along with fronted bar windows framed by crude pilasters that support an entablature-fascia topped with a richly decorated modillion cornice. The upper floors are adorned with segmental arched sash windows, with keystones and marks on the first floor. A heavy moulded crowning cornice and blocking are present at the top. Additionally, there is a large ornamental cast iron lamp bracket at the corner. The interior retains some original bar fittings, including screens, although some elements have been renewed.
Local climate
The Champion Public 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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