Cheniston Lodge the Kensington Register Office is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1981. Office, former house. 8 related planning applications.
Cheniston Lodge the Kensington Register Office
- WRENN ID
- low-nave-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1981
- Type
- Office, former house
- Address
- Cheniston Lodge the Kensington Register Office, 46, Cheniston Gardens W8, W8 6TH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 255 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49863, -0.19322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cheniston Lodge, originally a house and later adapted as a register office, was built in 1885. The building is constructed of red brick with moulded brick detailing. It is two storeys high, with a basement and a gable storey, and comprises one main bay. A prominent shaped gable is a key feature, as is the projecting porch on the left and the canted bay window on the right side of the ground floor. Brick pilasters accentuate the upper floors. The first floor has a square-headed window with three sashes, while above that is a single central window. Upper floor windows are sash windows with glazing bars; ground floor windows have leaded lights. The entrance features a panelled door. Decorative panels of moulded brick incorporate fruit and sunflower motifs.
Local climate
Cheniston Lodge the Kensington Register Office 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 — 6 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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