Asgill House is a Grade I listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. A Completed 1767 House. 3 related planning applications.

Asgill House

WRENN ID
plain-cobble-dew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1950
Type
House
Address
Asgill House, Old Palace Lane, TW9 1PQ
OS grid reference
TQ 173 748
Coordinates
51.46037, -0.31207
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Asgill House, on Old Palace Lane, was designed by Sir Robert Taylor and completed in 1767 as a weekend retreat for Sir Charles Asgill, the Lord Mayor of London. It is illustrated in Volume IV of Vitruvius Britannicas. The house stands three storeys high, with a five-window facade. A projecting, canted bay dominates the river front, flanked by wings on either side. There is a pedimented bay at first-floor level. The building was altered and extended during the 19th century, but has been recently restored to its original appearance. The exterior is stone-faced, with a rusticated ground floor. It has a slated roof with deep bracketed eaves. The ground floor windows are arched, while the upper floor windows are square-headed sashes. The first-floor octagonal room contains paintings by Andrea Casali.

Local climate

Asgill 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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