12a, Kensington Palace Gardens W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 1 related planning application.

12a, Kensington Palace Gardens W8

WRENN ID
bitter-jamb-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
House
Address
12a, Kensington Palace Gardens W8, W8 4QU
OS grid reference
TQ 256 802
Coordinates
51.50747, -0.1907
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 12A Kensington Palace Gardens is a substantial house built between 1863 and 1865 by James Murray. The building is faced in ashlar and has three storeys. It features a symmetrical elevation with seven bays, a central doorway flanked by rusticated columns, and a continuous entablature adorned with a Greek-Key frieze that runs over the bay windows on either side. This design is repeated on the first floor with similar decorative elements. The second floor is highlighted by a giant cornice with a honeysuckle frieze, a balustraded parapet, and a mansard roof. To the right, there is a cast iron conservatory with arched windows, and the area is enclosed by a balustrade. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

12a, Kensington Palace Gardens 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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