20, St James's Place SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Terrace house. 1 related planning application.

20, St James's Place SW1

WRENN ID
scarred-timber-auburn
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
Terrace house
Address
20, St James's Place SW1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1NN
OS grid reference
TQ 291 802
Coordinates
51.50599, -0.1408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 20 is a terrace house located on St James's Place in Westminster, dating from the late 18th century, though it was largely refronted in a similar style in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of brown brick and features a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall, with a basement and a dormered mansard roof. The facade has two parts; the left side has three windows, while the right side has one wide window. A central segmental arched doorcase is present, with revealed sashes featuring glazing bars beneath flat rubbed brick gauged arches. The property is adorned with 18th-century wrought iron area railings and an overthrow with a lantern. Inside, there is a stone staircase with a mid-20th-century wrought iron balustrade, while the service stair dates from the late 18th century. The first-floor room is panelled and includes reset 18th-century panelled doors.

Local climate

20, St James's Place 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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