53-64, Queen's Gate SW7 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Terrace of houses. 71 related planning applications.

53-64, Queen's Gate SW7

WRENN ID
idle-corbel-cedar
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
Terrace of houses
OS grid reference
TQ 264 790
Coordinates
51.49604, -0.17954
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This stuccoed terrace comprises numbers 53 to 64 Queen's Gate. The terrace was built around 1856 to 1859. It stands five storeys high with a basement, and each property has three windows. Ionic porches feature on the front. A prominent centrepiece is located at number 60. Balconies with Corinthian columns are present on the first and second floors. The top floor is distinguished by a bracketed cornice and balustrade. Numbers 59 and 61, along with number 52, are slightly advanced and feature rusticated quoins and urns to the balustrade. Number 60 has a central cartouche. A left-hand pavilion has been demolished. Cast iron area railings are also present.

Local climate

53-64, Queen's Gate SW7 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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  • Sale history — 11 transactions since 1995
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  • 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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