Downes House is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1973. House. 1 related planning application.

Downes House

WRENN ID
final-gable-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1973
Type
House
Address
Downes House, 134, St Margarets Lodge, TW1 1RG
OS grid reference
TQ 168 743
Coordinates
51.45635, -0.32022
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downes House is a circa 1830 stucco building of two storeys and three bays, with associations with Charles Dickens. It has an eaves cornice and a pediment across the full width of the building. The ground floor is slightly advanced and features a projecting porch with fluted Ionic columns in antis, topped by a frieze, cornice, and an iron-railed parapet.

Local climate

Downes 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 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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