Cast Iron Area Railings to Three Sides of Communal Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Garden railings. 14 related planning applications.

Cast Iron Area Railings to Three Sides of Communal Garden

WRENN ID
patient-gateway-plover
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
Garden railings
Address
Cast Iron Area Railings to Three Sides of Communal Garden, Stanhope Gardens Sw7
OS grid reference
TQ 264 787
Coordinates
51.49368, -0.18044
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The railings date to 1867 and form part of the layout of Stanhope Gardens. They are cast iron area railings enclosing a communal garden on three sides. The railings are fitted with ball finials and spikes, and feature cast iron gatepiers with arched tops. These gatepiers bear the date and a market motif.

Local climate

Cast Iron Area Railings to Three Sides of Communal Garden 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 — 15 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 14 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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