Pair of Gatepiers to North Entrance at St Mary Abbot's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1989. Gatepiers. 2 related planning applications.
Pair of Gatepiers to North Entrance at St Mary Abbot's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- ragged-doorway-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1989
- Type
- Gatepiers
- Address
- Pair of Gatepiers to North Entrance at St Mary Abbot's Hospital, Marloes Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 255 791
- Coordinates
- 51.49752, -0.19224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gatepiers located at the north entrance of St Mary Abbot's Hospital, designed by architect Thomas Allom in 1848. The gatepiers are constructed of red brick, featuring white brick dressings, and are adorned with stone cornices, finials, and bases. Each pier is square and has a prominent cornice topped by an octagonal stage that includes decorative panels and an ogee finial. These gatepiers mark the entrance to the former Kensington Workhouse.
Local climate
Pair of Gatepiers to North Entrance at St Mary Abbot's Hospital 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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