7, St James's Square SW1 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Town house. 28 related planning applications.

7, St James's Square SW1

WRENN ID
vast-garret-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Town house
Address
7, St James's Square SW1, City of Westminster, SW1Y 4JU
OS grid reference
TQ 294 804
Coordinates
51.50797, -0.1355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 7 St James's Square is a terraced town house built between 1911 and 1912 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The building features brown brick and a slate roof, showcasing a very restrained neo-Georgian style. It stands four storeys tall, with a basement and a dormered mansard, and is five windows wide. To the left, there is a stone porch with Ionic columns and an open pediment. The windows are flush framed glazing bar sash types, set under flat gauged brick arches with stone keys. There are stone plat bands and sill bands on the first and second floors, along with a moulded stone cornice and parapet that includes sections of balustrading in front of the dormers. The property is enclosed by cast iron area railings.

Inside, the layout is roughly H-shaped, with the middle wing lit on each side. The decoration is primarily of late 17th century character, featuring restrained designs and some original elements, including chimneypieces from the early 18th century house. Notable interior spaces include the staircase, inner hall, dining room, and a vast barrel vaulted library.

Local climate

7, St James's Square 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 28 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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