14 and 15, 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. A Victorian Terraced house. 1 related planning application.

14 and 15, Kensington Gate W8

WRENN ID
upper-buttress-thyme
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
Terraced house
Period
Victorian
Address
14 and 15, Kensington Gate W8, W8 5NA
OS grid reference
TQ 262 793
Coordinates
51.49932, -0.18211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 14 and 15 Kensington Gate are a semi-detached pair of houses built in 1847 by A. C. Bean. They are part of a unified scheme that includes numbers 1 to 20 Kensington Gate. The houses are three storeys tall with basements and are faced with stucco. They feature rusticated ground floors and quoins, along with Ionic porticos. The design includes a modillion cornice with square barriers above, balustrades on the porch and roof, and cast iron area railings. The buildings are in unspoilt condition.

Local climate

14 and 15, 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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