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HISTORIC BUILDING IMPACT ASSESSMENT
(Incorporating: Heritage and Design & Access Statement)
Regarding:
FLATS 5 & 6, CHEYNE HOUSE
18 CHELSEA EMBANKMENT
LONDON SW3 4LA
For:
THE ROYAL BOROUGH of KENSINGTON
PLANNING & BOROUGH DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Prepared by:
PETER MULLINS LIMITED - ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
21st January 2015
Ref: DA-CH-01A
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HISTORIC BUILDING IMPACT ASSESSMENT
(Incorporating: Heritage and Design & Access Statement)
Regarding
FLATS 5 & 6, CHEYNE HOUSE, 18 CHELSEA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, SW3 4LA
CONTENTS
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
1.2
1.3
Purpose of Assessment
Legislative Status of the Site and Building
Historical to Present Day Background
2.0
THE BUILDINGS CURRENT EXISTING APPRAISAL AND ANALYSIS
2.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
3.0
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORKS
3.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
4.0
IMPLICATIONS AND JUSTIFICATION OF PROPOSED WORKS
4.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
5.0
ACCESS
6.0
SUMMARY
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Purpose of Assessment
This report has been prepared in order to ascertain the current status of the affected interior
areas that might be of Heritage value and to justify the new works and proposals. The latest
Application has been commissioned to facilitate a) New Internal Access Door between retained
seperate Flats 5 & 6, Cheyne House, 18 Chelsea Embankment, SW3 4LA.
All in as much as they might affect the historic built fabric inside and outside the building and in
their local context in terms of Planning Policy Guideline Note 215 (1994) (PPG 15) ‘Planning in
the Historic Environment’.
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Legislative Status of the Site and Building
CHELSEA EMBANKMENT SW3
TQ 2777 NE
63/13
15.4.69 No 18
(Cheyne House)
GV II
English Heritage Building ID: 203624
Date Listed: 15th April 1969
House - 1876, R Norman Shaw - 3 storeys and dormers. Seven windows (north), 6 windows
(west), 8 windows (south), including 3 window splay bay to left and 3 window projection
with extra storey. Red brick. Coved cornice at eaves. Tiled roof. Moulded brick
band at second floor sills. Incorporates No 15 (Little Cheyne House), Royal Hospital
Road as the North Portion of group.
1.3
Historical to Present Day Background
1.31
General Area and Flats 5 & 6.
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The building is sited within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Royal Hospital
Conservation Area. It is Listed under RBKC Planning Decisions as '59 Royal Hospital
Road for Little Cheyne House'.

Built latter quarter of C19, Nos.18 Chelsea Embankment is Listed for its Group value
along with No. 15 (Little Cheyne House)as part of a group formed by Nos.15 + No. 18
Chelsea Embankment.
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The application properties are Flats 5 & 6, Cheyne House, 18 Chelsea Embankment,
SW3 4LA on 1st Floor.
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The whole house was internally stripped out and all 'original' Internal fabric of Flat 5 was
removed in the 1987 Consented refurbishment (Ref: TP/87/0627 & TP/87/0628) along
with subsequent/further 'recent' re-modelling.
In the following Sections 2.0, 3.0 & 4.0 the term original denotes contemporary with the initial
latter quarter C19 building. The term later describes fabric or alterations that occurred long after
the original house was built. The term recent describes elements or activities that occurred within
the last fifty years.
2.0
THE BUILDING’S CURRENT EXISTING APPRAISAL AND ANALYSIS
2.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
The ‘original’ layout of principle rooms appears to have been lost in ’recent’ 1987 refurbishment
and all 'original' Internal fabric removed. A brief summary is as follows: Ceilings = 'recent' with
multiple recessed LV lighting and A/C Grills, Internal Partitions = 'recent' softwood stud and
plasterboard, Floors = 'recent' including T&G Chipboard on top of 'recent' Joists. Doors =
'recent', Cornices = 'recent', Architraves/ Skirtings/ Mouldings = 'recent', Windows =
'recent / dbl. glazed'.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORKS
3.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
All as shown on Dwng.CH-11 A briefly described as: 1) Create new access door between
retained separate Flats 5 & 6.
4.0
IMPLICATIONS AND JUSTIFICATION OF WORKS
4.1
First Floor / Flats 5 & 6
No 'original' Internal items of historical value will be damaged or removed as none exist due to
them having all been stripped out in the 1987 re-building and 'recent' refurbishments. No works
are planned to the exterior of the building.
5.0
ACCESS
5.11
Access to Nos. Flats 5 & 6, Cheyne House, 18 Chelsea Embankment is maintained and unaltered.
6.0
SUMMARY
It is therefore our submission that:
The status and fabric of this Listed Building will not be adversely affected by these Proposed works to
Flats 5 & 6, Cheyne House, 18 Chelsea Embankment, London SW3 4LA.
The most significant Internal ‘original’ elements of the ‘original’ listed house will have been removed in
1987 and therefore its current Listed Status will not be affected or jeopardised.
Our Proposal respects and adheres to UDP Policies CD47,CD57, CD61, CD62 and CD66
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