12, Belgrave Square SW1 is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A C19 Mansion. 2 related planning applications.

12, Belgrave Square SW1

WRENN ID
veiled-step-larch
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1958
Type
Mansion
Period
C19
Address
12, Belgrave Square SW1, City of Westminster, SW1X 8LB
OS grid reference
TQ 281 794
Coordinates
51.4992, -0.15584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 12 Belgrave Square is a mansion built around 1840-1850 by Sir Robert Smirke. It is constructed of stucco with a slate mansard roof and has three storeys, an attic, and a basement. The building is five windows wide and features a central projecting porch supported by paired Doric columns. There is a balustraded balcony on the first floor, along with a wide central window that has a pediment above it. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and there are French windows on the first floor. A dentil cornice and a balustraded parapet complete the exterior. The interior has not been inspected. This building is an integral part of the layout of Belgrave Square.

Local climate

12, Belgrave 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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