20-22, Suffolk Street SW1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. A Georgian Terraced house.
20-22, Suffolk Street SW1
- WRENN ID
- graven-floor-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Terraced house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 20-22, Suffolk Street SW1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50847, -0.13095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 20 to 22 Suffolk Street are terraced houses built around 1822-23 as part of the Suffolk Street-Suffolk Place development, which was associated with the architect John Nash, although these specific houses may not have been designed by him. The buildings are constructed of stucco and topped with a slate roof, featuring three storeys plus an attic and basements. Each house has a front that is two windows wide, with incised coursing.
The ground floors have doorways on the right for Nos 21 and 22, and on the left for No 20, all featuring recessed four-panel doors with rectangular fanlights. No 20 has pilaster jambs. The tripartite ground floor windows are recessed glazing bar sash windows, adorned with blind segmental arched tympana. The first and second floors have architraved and corniced glazing bar sash windows, with the first-floor windows flanked by panelled strips and supported by consoles under the cornices. The attic features plain square windows.
A continuous course-balcony on the first floor showcases diamond and star pattern ironwork, while a main dentil cornice is present above the second floor, along with a cornice and blocking course at the attic level. The area is enclosed by cast iron crescent and spear head railings. This building is an important example of street architecture in the style of Nash's Regent Street, reflecting his significant investment in the development.
Local climate
20-22, Suffolk Street 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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