15-17, Chester Street SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. House. 14 related planning applications.

15-17, Chester Street SW1

WRENN ID
narrow-porch-winter
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
House
Address
15-17, Chester Street SW1, City of Westminster, SW1X 7BB
OS grid reference
TQ 284 794
Coordinates
51.49922, -0.15067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of houses located at 15-17 Chester Street in Westminster, dating from the early to mid-19th century. The buildings feature altered brick with channelled stucco on the ground floor. No 15 has four storeys, while Nos 16 and 17 have five storeys, with a basement present throughout. Each house is two windows wide and has square-headed entrances with various panelled doors. Nos 15 and 17 have arched windows on the ground floor. A continuous cast iron balcony is located on the first floor. The windows are square-headed, architraved sash windows, some with glazing bars, and there are French casements on the first floor. A stucco cornice is present above the second floor, and there are cast iron spearhead railings in the area.

Local climate

15-17, Chester Street 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 14 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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