4, Palace Gate SW7 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.

4, Palace Gate SW7

WRENN ID
grey-steeple-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
House
Address
4, Palace Gate SW7, W8 5NF
OS grid reference
TQ 261 795
Coordinates
51.50053, -0.18366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 4 Palace Gate is a detached house built in 1873 by E. Salomons and J. P. Jones. The building is constructed of brick and stucco and has two storeys, a basement, and an additional roof storey. It features five windows across the front, with the central window being recessed and flanked by a Doric porch. The ground floor windows have pediments, and there are pedimented dormers on the slated mansard roof. Tall brick chimneys are located on each side of the house.

Local climate

4, Palace Gate SW7 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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