5-22, Launceston Place W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A 19th century Semi-detached houses. 66 related planning applications.

5-22, Launceston Place W8

WRENN ID
salt-plaster-frost
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
Semi-detached houses
Period
19th century
Address
5-22, Launceston Place W8, W8 5RL
OS grid reference
TQ 260 792
Coordinates
51.49777, -0.18526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are semi-detached stucco houses, dating from around 1830. Numbers 5 to 22 are grouped together. They have slated roofs running to the eaves and each house has two storeys over a basement, with two windows per floor. The houses are linked by low walls containing round-headed service entries. The front doors are set within round-headed recesses. Several houses feature hooded verandahs or hoods over their ground floor windows, specifically numbers 9 to 13, 18, 19, 21, and 22. The eaves are supported by pairs of brackets. Number 22 has a distinctive circular tower to the left, topped with a dome and finial. The property is fronted by cast iron area railings.

Local climate

5-22, Launceston Place 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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  • Sale history — 15 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 66 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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