Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Police station. 9 related planning applications.

Police Station

WRENN ID
sacred-bronze-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
Police station
Address
Police Station, 60, Walton Street Sw3
OS grid reference
TQ 274 790
Coordinates
51.49611, -0.16503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This police station, built in the mid to late 19th century, is designed in an Italianate/Vanbrugian style. It features yellow brick with stucco dressings and stands three storeys tall, measuring seven windows wide. The building has rusticated quoins and rustication on the ground floor windows. The entrance is located in the third bay from the left. All the windows have segmental heads with prominent keystones, except for the door, which has a round head and an oval shape. The windows are fitted with sashes and glazing bars. A circular oriel window has been added to the right-hand corner. The building is topped with a bracketed cornice and a parapet, and it is surrounded by area railings.

Local climate

Police Station 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Related listed building consents — 9 applications
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  • 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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