Entrance Gates on Main Axis from Chelsea Embankment Royal Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Gates.
Entrance Gates on Main Axis from Chelsea Embankment Royal Hospital
- WRENN ID
- frozen-pediment-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Gates
- Address
- Entrance Gates on Main Axis from Chelsea Embankment Royal Hospital, Royal Hospital Road Sw3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 778
- Coordinates
- 51.4853, -0.15469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates on the main axis from Chelsea Embankment to the Royal Hospital, dating from around 1850, are made of wrought iron and feature stone piers.
Local climate
Entrance Gates on Main Axis from Chelsea Embankment Royal Hospital 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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- No sale records on file
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