25, Whitehall SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1975. Chambers, offices, shop. 18 related planning applications.
25, Whitehall SW1
- WRENN ID
- fallen-obsidian-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1975
- Type
- Chambers, offices, shop
- Address
- 25, Whitehall SW1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 802
- Coordinates
- 51.50663, -0.12679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building comprises chambers, offices, and a shop, dating from the mid-19th century, with alterations and refacing around 1900 to earlier 18th-century houses. The Whitehall facade is narrow and constructed of Portland stone, while the north side and Craig's Court facade are of stock brick, with red brick dressings to Craig’s Court. The roof is slate-covered.
The building is four storeys high with a later attic. It has a single window facing Whitehall. A modern shop front occupies the ground floor, sitting below an entablature. The first floor features a canted bay window with concave sides. The first and second floors are flanked by giant Ionic pilasters, which support an open segmental pediment framing a triangular pedimented window that relates to the original attic storey.
The north side, four storeys high with a dormered mansard roof, has nine windows arranged irregularly, plus a single bay return to the Whitehall facade featuring matching detail and paired windows. The rear facade overlooking Craig’s Court is likely a rebuilding of an 18th-century facade, consisting of four storeys, a basement, and an attic in a mansard. It is nine windows wide, grouped in threes, with a full-height canted bay in the centre. The windows are recessed plate glass sashes set within flat, gauged red brick arches. String courses are present at the first and third floor levels, and the building has a parapet with coping. The building is included on the list solely for its group value.
Local climate
25, Whitehall SW1 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.
- Sale history — 48 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 18 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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