16-21, Kensington Court W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Terraced houses. 22 related planning applications.
16-21, Kensington Court W8
- WRENN ID
- seventh-chimney-vetch
- 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
- Terraced houses
- Address
- 16-21, Kensington Court W8, W8 5DW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 259 795
- Coordinates
- 51.50096, -0.18752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of houses at 16-21 Kensington Court, W8, built in the 1880s to a design by J J Stevenson for Rouzes. Number 16 is a corner house, lower in height than the others, and features attractive gabled dormers with scrolled detailing. It is two storeys high plus a basement and attic, built of red brick and includes a first-floor balcony. Number 17 is in a Flemish Gothic style, with a strong vertical emphasis and traceried panels. It is five storeys high, three windows wide, and features a stepped gable with turrets. Numbers 18-21 are similar in style to numbers 3-15 on the street. These houses are constructed of brick and terra cotta, and are three storeys high with an attic containing dormers, and a basement. Each house has three windows.
Local climate
16-21, Kensington Court 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 — 11 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 22 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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