4-13, Kensington Gate W8 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Terrace of houses. 15 related planning applications.

4-13, Kensington Gate W8

WRENN ID
dusk-granite-grain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
4-13, Kensington Gate W8, W8 5NA
OS grid reference
TQ 262 793
Coordinates
51.49931, -0.1827
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A terrace of eight houses, numbered 4 to 13 Kensington Gate, dating from 1847 and designed by C. Bean as part of a larger, unified scheme comprising numbers 1 to 29. The houses are two storeys high with basements and are stucco-faced. They are exceptionally ornate, featuring horizontal grooving to the ground floor, Ionic porches, architraves and entablatures to the first-floor windows, a modillion cornice, and balustrades to the porches and roof. Original cast iron area railings are also present. The buildings are in an unspoiled condition.

Local climate

4-13, Kensington Gate W8 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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  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 15 applications
  • 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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