Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Hospital. 12 related planning applications.
Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine
- WRENN ID
- still-sandstone-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, City of Westminster, SW1W 8RH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 780
- Coordinates
- 51.48638, -0.15018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine is a hospital built between 1894 and 1898, with a northern addition completed in 1909-1910, designed by Alfred and Paul Waterhouse. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a pitched tiled roof in a free Flemish style. It stands four storeys tall with an attic and has 16 bays, with windows arranged in pairs. The design is symmetrical, with the central four bays set forward, and the 12 end bays topped with gabled attics. The entrance is located to the left and has a segmental hood. Most windows are square-headed, except for the large semicircular windows at the ground floor center, which are flanked by paired Ionic pilasters. The ground and first floors have sash windows with margin glazing, while the second and third floors feature mullioned windows set within arched reveals. The end pairs of bays are connected by semicircular bay windows that extend from the ground to the second floors. The building has a sunk parapet and a return to the right that includes bay windows with turrets. Wrought iron area railings are present. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine 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
- 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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