Kensington Palace is a Grade I listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Royal palace. 5 related planning applications.
Kensington Palace
- WRENN ID
- hushed-corridor-ash
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Royal palace
- Address
- Kensington Palace, Kensington Palace W8, W8 4PU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50518, -0.18817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kensington Palace is a royal palace originally built in 1661 for Sir Heneage Finch, the first Earl of Nottingham. It was purchased by William III in 1689 and renamed Kensington House. Between 1689 and 1695, new buildings were constructed by Sir Christopher Wren. Further alterations and additions were made from 1718 to 1726, including the design of the State Rooms by William Kent.
Local climate
Kensington Palace 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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