Limes House and Forecourt Piers is a Grade II* listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A C18 House. 9 related planning applications.
Limes House and Forecourt Piers
- WRENN ID
- turning-cobble-grain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Limes House and Forecourt Piers, 123, Mortlake High Street, SW14 8SN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 211 760
- Coordinates
- 51.47046, -0.25739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Limes House is a substantial two-storey residence dating to circa 1720, with the front facade likely dating to circa 1770. It features a hipped, slated gambrel roof with three dormers. The main block is five windows wide, with a shallow central bay projection. A central Roman Doric portico, topped with a triglyph frieze and featuring paired columns, provides the main entrance. Later wings extend to either side, lacking attics. The river frontage mirrors the design, incorporating a similar portico. The interior includes a spacious entrance hall with good doorcases and a staircase dating to circa 1720-40. A painting of the house exists in the collections of the Frick Collection, New York, and the National Gallery, Washington.
Local climate
Limes House and Forecourt Piers 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 6 transactions since 2001
- 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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