31, St James's Place SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1969. House. 2 related planning applications.
31, St James's Place SW1
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-frieze-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31, St James's Place SW1, City of Westminster, SW1A 1NR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 291 801
- Coordinates
- 51.50556, -0.13989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 31 is an end of terrace house located on St James's Place in Westminster, dating from the late 18th century. The building is constructed of amber brick and features a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall, with a basement and a dormered mansard roof.
The west front showcases a stuccoed shallow bow with three windows across the ground and first floors, featuring recessed sashes with glazing bars. The second floor has three square windows, and the building is topped with a parapet that has coping.
On the north front, there is a semicircular arched doorway with a six-panel door and sidelights, topped by a delicately patterned fanlight. Each of the upper floors has a recessed sash window beneath flat gauged arches, aligned with the door. The entrance is complemented by wrought iron area railings with an overthrow lampholder.
Inside, the house features an open well geometrical staircase with a ramped handrail. The first-floor closet includes an inlaid marble chimney piece and a reset statuary marble chimney piece from No. 28.
Local climate
31, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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