30, Kensington Square W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1949. A 18th century House. 3 related planning applications.

30, Kensington Square W8

WRENN ID
hidden-alcove-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1949
Type
House
Period
18th century
Address
30, Kensington Square W8, W8 5HH
OS grid reference
TQ 256 794
Coordinates
51.50041, -0.19089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 30 Kensington Square is an 18th-century house that stands four storeys tall, plus an attic. It features three windows and is constructed from brown brick. The ground floor is adorned with Regency stucco and includes a doorcase with incised ornamentation. Above, on the first floor, there is an iron balcony.

Local climate

30, Kensington Square 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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