38, Sheffield Terrace W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 7 related planning applications.

38, Sheffield Terrace W8

WRENN ID
worn-keep-elm
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
House
Address
38, Sheffield Terrace W8, W8 7NA
OS grid reference
TQ 252 800
Coordinates
51.50558, -0.19619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 38 Sheffield Terrace is a house built in 1876 by Alfred Waterhouse, and it is his only known surviving town house. The building is made of brick and has four storeys plus a basement. The windows are arranged irregularly. The entrance is located on the left side and is accessed by steps; to the right, there is a two-storey bay with three windows. Other windows are set in recessed pointed arches. The top floor features a gabled window on the left. There is an eaves cornice and a frieze made of ornamental brickwork, and tall slate chimneys are positioned on either side. A cast iron canopy, which is glazed, covers the door.

Local climate

38, Sheffield Terrace 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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