Black Lion Gate (Kensington Gardens) is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Gate. 5 related planning applications.
Black Lion Gate (Kensington Gardens)
- WRENN ID
- steep-solder-crimson
- 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
- Gate
- Address
- Black Lion Gate (Kensington Gardens), Bayswater Road W2, City of Westminster, W2 4RU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 805
- Coordinates
- 51.5101, -0.18783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black Lion Gate, located in Kensington Gardens, is a pair of cast-iron carriage gates dating from 1862. The gates consist of two leaves that are hung from open-work iron piers. They feature full-height bars topped with spear-head finials. The piers are adorned with a royal monogram, the date, and a star of the Order of the Garter.
Local climate
Black Lion Gate (Kensington Gardens) 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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