Gloucester Road Underground Station is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. 23 related planning applications.
Gloucester Road Underground Station
- WRENN ID
- shifting-oriel-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1984
- Address
- Gloucester Road Underground Station, Gloucester Road Sw7, SW7 4SF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 788
- Coordinates
- 51.49437, -0.18293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gloucester Road Underground Station is a London Underground station consisting of two linked blocks. On the right is the District Railway booking hall, built in 1868, and on the left is the Piccadilly Railway entrance, constructed in 1906 by Leslie Green. The booking hall is made of yellow stock brick, stands two storeys high, and features five windows. It has a stone balustrade with ball finials and brick stacks. The ground floor has been renewed and includes an arcaded opening. A dentil cornice separates the ground and first floors, and there is a mosaic inscription over the first floor that reads: 'Metropolitan and District Railways. Gloucester Road Station'. The building is topped with a cornice and blocking course. To the left, there is a dark red faience block with a large arched window and a modillion cornice that returns to Courtfield Road. The platforms for the Piccadilly line retain their original tilework, which includes 'WAY OUT' and 'NO EXIT' signs. Gloucester Road is a unique example of the combination of two different corporate architectural styles.
Local climate
Gloucester Road Underground Station 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 23 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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