16-30, Wilton Crescent SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1986. Quadrant of houses. 104 related planning applications.
16-30, Wilton Crescent SW1
- WRENN ID
- north-niche-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1986
- Type
- Quadrant of houses
- Address
- 16-30, Wilton Crescent SW1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 281 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50128, -0.15499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of twelve houses, numbered 16 to 30, forming the eastern section of Wilton Crescent. The houses were originally built in the early 19th century and later refurbished in the early 20th century by the architectural firm Balfour and Turner. The facade is constructed with Portland stone, brick, and stucco to the return of number 16. The roofs are not visible.
The houses are three stories high, with attics to numbers 17 to 29. Each house is two windows wide, except for number 30, which has three bays. Each house has an entrance on the left side. The first floor features balconies supported by prominent brackets with wrought iron railings. Decorative Doric pilasters are applied between the windows, and a subsidiary cornice runs above the second and third floors, united by paired Ionic pilasters that sit between the houses. There is a heavy modillion cornice at the top. Numbers 17 to 29 have a balustrade topped with urns at each end. Numbers 16 and 30 have dipped parapets, each finished with a ball finial.
The windows and doors are square-headed with architraves. The windows are mostly sash windows, retaining their original glazing bars. French windows are on the first floor. The entrance to number 30 is set back to the right, and the entrance to number 16 is within a projecting stucco Doric porch on the left. The panelled doors have decorative fanlights. The area railings have Arts and Crafts detailing. The development was part of a larger plan for Wilton Crescent, which includes numbers 1 to 15.
Local climate
16-30, Wilton Crescent SW1 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 104 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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