14-23, Chester Square SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. Terrace of houses. 41 related planning applications.
14-23, Chester Square SW1
- WRENN ID
- broken-spindle-dew
- 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
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- 14-23, Chester Square SW1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 790
- Coordinates
- 51.49549, -0.15014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of ten terraced houses, numbered 14 to 23, located on Chester Square in London. The terrace was planned in 1828 and construction began around 1835. The houses are built of stucco, with slate mansard roofs on numbers 14, 16, and 21. Numbers 19 and 23 have an extra storey. The arrangement is three storeys and an attic, with a basement level. Number 14 is slightly set forward and features paired giant pilasters on the first and second floors. Each house has a two-window width. The ground floors are channelled. The houses have square-headed entrances, and numbers 19 to 23 include projecting Doric porches. First-floor balconies are decorated with an anthemion pattern. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, with French casements on the ground floor. There is a cornice above the second floor, and a smaller cornice above the third. Cast iron railings with a spearhead design are also present. The return to the right side of the terrace is of architectural interest. This terrace forms an integral part of a planned development.
Local climate
14-23, Chester Square 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 41 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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