Chester House is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1987. House, management training centre. 12 related planning applications.
Chester House
- WRENN ID
- small-flint-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1987
- Type
- House, management training centre
- Address
- Chester House, West Side Common Sw19, SW19 4TN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 233 707
- Coordinates
- 51.42207, -0.22717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chester House is a substantial house, now used as a management training centre. It dates from around 1700 or possibly earlier, and has been altered over time. The house is constructed of plum brick with red dressings, and has a steeply pitched hipped tiled roof extending to eaves.
The main central block is two storeys high and comprises six and a half bays. A slightly projecting bay to the right has a pediment, and within it is a pedimented doorcase with a moulded architrave. To the right of the central block is a further five-bay wing. A large wing of the mid-20th century, which is not of special architectural interest, adjoins this wing. To the left of the central block is a tall, single-storey wing with a brick pediment and a brick dentil cornice. The windows are square-headed and architraved to the central bay of the central block, with sash windows and glazing bars. A moulded brick band runs between the two storeys. A dentil cornice sits at the eaves. There are three dormers in the roof, the central one being segmental with pediments; these contain casements.
The rear elevation is grand, featuring a scrolled split pedimented doorcase. The interior has been altered.
Local climate
Chester 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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