1, Downs Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
1, Downs Avenue
- WRENN ID
- blind-string-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epsom and Ewell
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, Downs Avenue, KT18 5HQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 213 601
- Coordinates
- 51.32749, -0.25918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1, Downs Avenue is a 1907 house designed by Withers and Meridith, architects to the Guild. The house is constructed of roughcast with a pitched tile roof, featuring overhanging eaves supported by iron brackets. The design incorporates tapering buttresses at the corners. The entrance is through a verandah in antis, supported by slender iron columns with a subtle swelling. The windows are a mix of casements with lead glazing bars, shallow canted bays, and one oriel window, arranged in a picturesque manner. Stained glass with Art Nouveau designs is present in some of the windows. Decorative lead gutters featuring roses and leaves in relief act as exaggerated cornices over the canted bays. A crenellated parapet tops the archway to the rear entrance, alongside gates with rectilinear joinery. The interior features rectilinear joinery in the style of C.R. Mackintosh, including a staircase, two inglenook fireplaces, and hall panelling. A brass Arts and Crafts surround is incorporated into the fireplace in the south-west ground floor room, and a brass Art Nouveau handle is also present.
Local climate
1, Downs Avenue sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1997
- 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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