2, Campden Hill Square, W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Terrace house.
2, Campden Hill Square, W8
- WRENN ID
- lone-paling-pearl
- 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
- Terrace house
- OS grid reference
- TQ 249 802
- Coordinates
- 51.50776, -0.20163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Campden Hill Square is a terrace house built around 1826-1828, designed by architect George Edward Valintine as part of the Campden Hill Square estate developed by Joshua Flesher Hanson. The house features stock brick above a rendered basement, with end stacks and a roof that is obscured by parapets.
The exterior consists of three storeys and a basement, with a double-fronted, four-bay layout. The central two bays are set back, while the outer bays are square with rounded corners. The central bays have narrow windows with margin-light surrounds. The right-hand bay contains the entrance door, which is accessed by steps and features a six-panelled door in a pilastered surround, topped with a rectangular light decorated with oval tracery. A band runs along the first floor, and there are wrought-iron plant boxes with anthemion decoration.
The interior has not been inspected. Notably, No. 2 is a mirror image of No. 52 on the opposite side of the square, except for the absence of a portico. Joshua Flesher Hanson was the first occupant of No. 2, living there from 1828 to 1831. The property was previously listed in error as No. 8 Campden Hill Square.
Local climate
2, Campden Hill 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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