46, Kensington Court W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1977. Electricity generating station. 1 related planning application.
46, Kensington Court W8
- WRENN ID
- scattered-niche-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1977
- Type
- Electricity generating station
- Address
- 46, Kensington Court W8, W8 5DA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 796
- Coordinates
- 51.5021, -0.18848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 46 Kensington Court is a former electricity generating station built in 1888, possibly designed by J J Stevenson. The building stands three storeys tall and is constructed of red brick, featuring stone string courses, corbels, and other decorative details. Brick pilaster strips separate the bays at the first and second floor levels. Terra-cotta panels are located in the pediment above the main entrance and in the end bays at the second floor level. A stone plaque above the main entrance is inscribed with the words 'Electric Lighting Station'. The original generating equipment was designed and installed by Colonel Compton, a pioneer in the field, and the building served as a generating station from 1888 to 1900. It is listed for its historical significance as one of the earliest surviving electricity generating stations.
Local climate
46, 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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