20, Kensington Square W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
20, Kensington Square W8
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pewter-martin
- 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
- 20, Kensington Square W8, W8 5HH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 257 794
- Coordinates
- 51.50004, -0.19006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 20 Kensington Square is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It has four storeys plus a basement and features two windows on the front. The exterior is finished in stucco, with a moulded cornice, a band at the second floor, and pilasters on the ground floor that support a balcony. The windows on the first floor have pediments, while those on the second floor have cornices. The original sash windows remain on the top two floors, although the door has been replaced. This house is part of a group with Nos 17, 18, 19, and 20.
Local climate
20, 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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