217, King's Road is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1954. A 18th century House.

217, King's Road

WRENN ID
kindled-pediment-myrtle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1954
Type
House
OS grid reference
TQ 271 779
Coordinates
51.48656, -0.17051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 217 on King's Road is a house dating from around 1750. It has two storeys and dormers, featuring three windows. The building is constructed of brown brick with a stucco ground floor. There is a moulded brick cornice beneath the stucco parapet, and red gauged flat arches along with dressings to the semi-flush frame windows that have glazing bars. The doorcase is adorned with a cornice and carved consoles. Notably, this house was the residence of James Hutton from 1775 to 1777, who was the founder of the Moravian Church in England.

Local climate

217, King's Road 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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