Stornaway House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Town mansion. 10 related planning applications.
Stornaway House
- WRENN ID
- lunar-screen-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1970
- Type
- Town mansion
- Address
- Stornaway House, Cleveland Row Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1DH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 292 800
- Coordinates
- 51.5042, -0.13982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stornaway House is a town mansion built between 1794 and 1796 by Samuel Wyatt, with alterations made in the early 19th century and a complete internal rebuild in 1958-59. The building is finished in stucco and has a slate roof, standing three storeys tall with a basement and dormered attics.
The facade facing Cleveland Row features seven windows arranged in a pattern of four and three, with the three bays closest to Green Park slightly projecting and topped with a pediment. The ground floor showcases banded rustication, and the entrance, located in a recessed section, has an arched and coved design with a radial glazed semicircular fanlight and double panelled doors. The square-headed sash windows, which do not have glazing bars, are present on all floors, with those on the first floor adorned with pediments.
The Park elevation includes a broad bow with three sash windows on each floor, and there are cornices at both the first and second floor levels, along with a main modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet. A cast iron balcony is featured on the first floor of the bow facing the park.
Local climate
Stornaway 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 — 10 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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