4, Kensington Square W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1970. House. 2 related planning applications.

4, Kensington Square W8

WRENN ID
night-string-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1970
Type
House
Address
4, Kensington Square W8, W8 5EP
OS grid reference
TQ 257 795
Coordinates
51.50089, -0.18936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 4 Kensington Square is a house built in the early 19th century, with a top storey added in the later 19th century. The building has five storeys and a basement, featuring two windows. It is constructed of yellow stock brick and has a bracketed brick parapet with a pedimented centre. There is a stucco cornice at the fourth floor level and a plain stucco band at the first floor level. Below the pediment, there is a lunette window. The recessed sash windows, which still have their original glazing bars, are topped with gauged flat brick arches. The entrance features a square-headed recessed doorway with a stucco architrave and a panelled door. Additionally, there are cast iron railings with foliated finials surrounding the property.

Local climate

4, 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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