The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Villa. 1 related planning application.
The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- still-mullion-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Chestnuts, 19-21, Bishops Close E17, E17 9RP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 379 891
- Coordinates
- 51.58446, -0.01084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chestnuts, located at Nos 19 to 21 Bishops Close in Walthamstow, is a semi-detached pair of villas dating from the early 19th century or earlier, with some alterations. The exterior is finished in stucco and features a slate roof at the eaves. The buildings are three stories tall with a four-bay central block, flanked by one-story, one-window pedimented wings. These wings are connected at the front by an advanced ground storey. The façade includes pilasters with channelled rustication and a recessed entrance situated in an Ionic columnar porch to the left of the center. The windows are square-headed, with architraves above the ground floor. The outer ground floor windows are set in slightly projecting square bays, each topped with cornices and pedimental blocking courses. The windows are primarily sashed and made of plate glass. The eaves are deep and bracketed. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Chestnuts sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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 — 10 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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