9, Kensington Palace Gardens W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Residential house.

9, Kensington Palace Gardens W8

WRENN ID
low-obsidian-dust
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
Residential house
Address
9, Kensington Palace Gardens W8, W8 4QP
OS grid reference
TQ 256 804
Coordinates
51.50873, -0.1914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 9 Kensington Palace Gardens is a substantial house built between 1852 and 1854, designed by S. Smirke. The building is constructed of stucco and features three storeys with dormers. The main block has three bays, with square bay windows flanking the entrance on the ground floor. Above the entrance, there is a continuous balcony supported by Tuscan columns. The first floor windows are designed as three-light units with entablatures and cambered pediments. The house is topped with a crowning cornice and a balustraded parapet, showcasing a free interpretation of classical style. The interior has not been seen. This information is recorded in the Survey of London, Volume 37.

Local climate

9, Kensington Palace Gardens 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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