Garden Wall to South of Number 17-21 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1995. Garden wall. 2 related planning applications.

Garden Wall to South of Number 17-21

WRENN ID
moated-jamb-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1995
Type
Garden wall
Address
Garden Wall to South of Number 17-21, Oakley Gardens, SW3 5QH
OS grid reference
TQ 273 778
Coordinates
51.48486, -0.16663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid-16th century garden wall, partly rebuilt in the mid-18th century, runs approximately 20 metres east-west. The wall is constructed of red brick, with an average brick size of approximately 232mm x 111mm x 56mm, laid in English bond. The lower eleven courses on the south side retain original Tudor brickwork. The upper 23 courses were rebuilt in the mid-18th century, largely reusing original bricks but incorporating harder, darker red brick. The wall now forms a boundary between numbers 17-21 Oakley Gardens and the garden of number 21 Cheyne Walk. Originally built as a garden wall north of Henry VIII's Manor House at Chelsea in the late 1530s, it is one of the few remaining visible fragments of that estate.

Local climate

Garden Wall to South of Number 17-21 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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