Wellesley House is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. House. 1 related planning application.
Wellesley House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-doorway-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1991
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wellesley House, 40, St Margaret's Street, ME1 1TU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 740 682
- Coordinates
- 51.38647, 0.50054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellesley House is a mid-19th century house located on Rochester Street in St. Margaret's. It is constructed of red brick with fine lime mortar pointing, although the roof material is not visible. The building has a double depth plan and features lateral stacks on the left side, with the stairs located at the rear left. It stands three storeys tall with a basement.
The front of the house has a tall three-window range, with regular paired sash windows on the left side for each floor, and a single sash window above the entrance on the right. All windows have sills supported by brackets and are set under cambered arches, with the sashes consisting of two panes and horns. The doorway is adorned with a stucco surround, featuring panelled pilasters, a moulded cornice on console brackets, and a round-headed arch with a keyblock. The entrance has a deeply recessed half-glazed door topped with a fanlight. The extensive rear of the building includes sash windows and a round-headed stair light. Wellesley House is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wellesley House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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