The Halsteads is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1983. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Halsteads
- WRENN ID
- small-arch-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Halsteads, Fife Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 200 747
- Coordinates
- 51.45904, -0.27341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Halsteads is a house built in 1868 and designed by W. Blomfield. It is notable as the first known architect-designed concrete house. The building has mass concrete walls, which are rendered and whitewashed, and the roof is partly tiled, partly tarmac covered, with a pitched roof to the perimeter and a central flat area that provides lighting for a passage below. The house is two storeys and has an attic. It is four bays wide, with cross gables facing the street on the first and third bays; the third bay is slightly advanced and contains the entrance, featuring a 4-light mullioned and transomed window above. A staircase window is located between storeys to the right of the left-hand bay. Prominent eaves and a string course mark the building's elevation. The windows are moulded and recessed. An imported doorcase is present. Internal walls are of concrete. Joseph Tull, the inventor of standardised concrete shuttering, was the contractor.
Local climate
The Halsteads 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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