The Wardrobe is a Grade I listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1983. Historical building. 10 related planning applications.
The Wardrobe
- WRENN ID
- slow-rood-hemlock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1983
- Type
- Historical building
- Address
- The Wardrobe, 1-3, Old Palace Yard, TW9 1PA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 175 749
- Coordinates
- 51.46094, -0.30914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wardrobe is a Grade I listed building located at Old Palace Yard, consisting of a long two-storey range featuring eleven irregularly spaced windows on the first floor. The façade is partly constructed from 18th-century brickwork and partly from 16th-century diapered brick with blue headers. It is believed to have originally been part of the servants' quarters of Henry VII's palace. The garden front dates to the 18th century and includes a modillion eaves cornice, with three central bays that are pedimented. Behind the brick exterior, the walls are timber-framed and may date back to the Medieval palace that was destroyed by fire in 1493.
Local climate
The Wardrobe 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2014
- 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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