Walpole House is a Grade I listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. House. 10 related planning applications.
Walpole House
- WRENN ID
- lost-pewter-thrush
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Walpole House, Chiswick Mall W4, W4 2PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 218 780
- Coordinates
- 51.48838, -0.24616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walpole House is a late 17th and early 18th century house of brown brick with red dressings, located on Chiswick Mall. It is a five-story building with a 1:2:3:2 arrangement of double-hung sashes, each with a flat arch. Projecting wings are recessed, particularly to the left-hand centre. A notable feature is the excellent porch, which has Corinthian pilasters on plinths supporting an entablature, enclosing panelled Tuscan pilasters. The porch’s elliptical arch has a keystone, flanked by round-headed side arches, and contains a six-panel door with architrave and fanlight. Bands mark the first and second floors, and a modillion cornice runs along the top. The roof is tiled.
The interior contains fine original panelling in the hall and the main rooms of the ground and first floors. The staircase features turned balusters and a panelled dado with miniature, fluted Corinthian pilasters. A particularly noteworthy detail is the excellent Adam-style mantelpiece in the ground floor South East room.
Historically, the house may have been occupied by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, between 1707 and 1709. Daniel O’Connell lodged here for some years while he studied law. It is also suggested that William Makepeace Thackeray was educated at a school located here, and Miss Pinkerton’s Academy, as featured in “Vanity Fair,” may have been inspired by Walpole House. The house, together with the railings of Morton House, Strawbery House, railings and gate to Strawbery House, and gates and screen to Walpole House, forms a group of historic buildings.
Local climate
Walpole House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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