1 AND 2, UPPER BELGRAVE STREET SW1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Residential. 1 related planning application.
1 AND 2, UPPER BELGRAVE STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- patient-passage-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 1 AND 2, UPPER BELGRAVE STREET SW1 (See details for further address information), 17a and 17b, Chester Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1X 7AP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 793
- Coordinates
- 51.49889, -0.15114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Upper Belgrave Street are a pair of grand houses built in the early to mid 19th century. They are constructed of stucco and feature slate mansard roofs. Each house is three windows wide and has three storeys, an attic, a mansard attic, and a basement. The entrance to No 1 is located in a single storey wing to the left, while No 2 has its entrance in a projecting porch on the return. The ground floor has channelling and round-headed windows. The first floor features continuous cast iron balconies with an anthemion design, square-headed sashed windows, mostly with plate glass, and French casements. The central first floor windows are pedimented and architraved. There is a cornice above the second floor, and the houses have returns to the right and left with coupled Corinthian pilasters. The area is enclosed by cast iron spearhead railings.
Local climate
1 AND 2, UPPER BELGRAVE STREET SW1 (See details for further address information) 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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