North Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Lodge. 4 related planning applications.
North Lodge
- WRENN ID
- mired-barrel-auburn
- 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
- Lodge
- Address
- North Lodge, Kensington Palace Gardens W8, W8 4QP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 255 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50969, -0.1922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Lodge is a lodge built in 1845 by architects Wyatt and Brandon. It is constructed of stucco with a slated roof and consists of one storey plus a basement. The building features sash windows that have plain architraves, keystones, sills, and consoles. There are steps leading to the entrance porch, which is located in the re-entrant angle of the L-shaped plan, and above the porch is a coloured plaster depiction of the Royal Arms. Additionally, there is a Venetian window present.
Local climate
North Lodge 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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