18-27, 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. Houses. 33 related planning applications.
18-27, Kensington Gate W8
- WRENN ID
- lesser-wall-scarlet
- 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
- Houses
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 794
- Coordinates
- 51.49972, -0.18284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A terrace of eight houses, numbered 18 to 27, was built in 1847 by C. Bean as part of a larger development along Kensington Gate. The houses are part of a unified design with numbers 1 to 17 and 28 to 9. They are faced in stucco and are in extremely well-preserved condition. Each house is three stories high with basements. A prominent feature is the porch of each house, which is supported by Ionic columns and capped with a projecting cornice. Above the porch is a balustraded parapet featuring balusters described as "vaguely Jacobean". The ground floors are horizontally grooved, while the first-floor windows have architraves and entablatures. The second floor has a band course at sill level, with windows topped by keystones. Above this is a frieze decorated with a Greek key pattern, followed by a projecting modillion cornice and another balustrade incorporating open fretted panels. The basement forecourts are enclosed by substantial cast iron railings.
Local climate
18-27, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 19 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 33 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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