Eltham Court (Eltham Palace) is a Grade II* listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1981. Palace. 9 related planning applications.
Eltham Court (Eltham Palace)
- WRENN ID
- high-sandstone-flax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1981
- Type
- Palace
- Address
- Eltham Court (Eltham Palace), Court Yard Se9, SE9 5QE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 424 740
- Coordinates
- 51.44717, 0.04864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Eltham Court, also known as Eltham Palace, was built between 1933 and 1935 by the architectural firm Seely and Paget. This building is constructed from red brick with Chipake stone dressings and features hipped tile roofs, showcasing the English Renaissance style. It is designed on a butterfly plan with one wing containing the living rooms that extend into the medieval Great Hall, while the other wing houses the dining and service rooms. The structure has two storeys, characterized by heavy quoins, a cill band, and a balustraded parapet. All windows are cross framed casements in the style of the 17th century. The entrance pavilion, situated between the wings, has a somewhat French character, featuring a loggia and a Venetian window above, topped with a hipped bell-cast roof. The rear elevation includes similar pavilions that flank a curved arcade of five bays. The interior boasts rich contemporary decorations created by Italian and Swedish designers. Eltham Court was built for and partly designed by Stephen Courtauld.
Local climate
Eltham Court (Eltham Palace) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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