1, Albert Gate SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Mansion, embassy. 1 related planning application.
1, Albert Gate SW1
- WRENN ID
- turning-brick-juniper
- 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
- Mansion, embassy
- Address
- 1, Albert Gate SW1, City of Westminster, SW1X 7LX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 279 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50247, -0.1581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 1 Albert Gate is a mansion, now serving as an embassy, built in the mid-19th century. It features painted stucco in an Italianate style. The main block has five storeys and is three windows wide facing Albert Gate, with three windows on the returns and a four-window, three-storey wing at the rear. The ground floor has rustication. The central entrance is framed by a Doric porch with paired columns. The windows are square-headed, with pediments on the first floor and flanking Corinthian half columns. The upper windows have architraves, and most are sashed with small panes. There are balconies on the first and second floors, and the building has a cornice that pairs with a glazed mansard. It also features a balustraded area. This building is one of a pair with No 2 Albert Gate.
Local climate
1, Albert Gate 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 — 4 transactions since 2007
- 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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