Dorich House is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1983. House. 9 related planning applications.
Dorich House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-string-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dorich House, SW15 3RN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 208 719
- Coordinates
- 51.43336, -0.2631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorich House is a detached house built in 1935-6 overlooking Richmond Park. Designed by the artist Dora Gordine for her own use as a sculpture studio and gallery, as well as a residence, with architectural assistance from H I Cole, the building was conceived as a sculptural object intended to be viewed from all angles, meaning it has no primary facade. The house’s plan is strongly axial and this is reflected in the symmetry of all four elevations. It is three storeys high with a roof garden. The side elevations and the southern end elevation each have three bays with projecting central sections and tall, narrow, round-headed windows on the ground and first floors. In the outer bays of the side elevations, these windows are grouped in threes and feature thermal windows on the second floor. The north elevation is almost entirely glazed on the ground and first floors to provide natural north light for the studios. The interior was not inspected during the listing process.
Local climate
Dorich House 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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