32, Kensington Square W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1949. House.

32, Kensington Square W8

WRENN ID
iron-vestry-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1949
Type
House
OS grid reference
TQ 256 795
Coordinates
51.50052, -0.19102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 32 is a house located on Kensington Square, likely dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is a four-storey building with an attic and features three windows. The structure is built of brown brick with red dressings and has a panelled parapet. There is a small cornice below the top floor and a stucco band between the first and second floors. The ground floor has early 19th-century elements, including a stucco first-floor balcony and French windows. The other windows are square-headed flush framed sashes that retain their glazing bars. The property also has area railings.

Local climate

32, Kensington Square 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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