2, Palace Green W8 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 12 related planning applications.
2, Palace Green W8
- WRENN ID
- veiled-beam-khaki
- 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
- 2, Palace Green W8, W8 4QB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 257 798
- Coordinates
- 51.50321, -0.18973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached house on Palace Green, built between 1860 and 1862 for William Makepeace Thackeray, who resided here until his death in 1863. It is recognised as one of the earliest examples of Queen Anne Revival architecture. The house is two stories high and seven windows wide, constructed of red brick with stone dressings. A central, projecting porch features rusticated piers and a balustrade topped with urns. The roofline has a balustraded parapet. The building holds group value due to its association with Thackeray.
Local climate
2, Palace Green 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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