Leighton House is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1961. Museum. 11 related planning applications.
Leighton House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-quartz-fog
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1961
- Type
- Museum
- Address
- Leighton House, 12, Holland Park Road W14, W14 8LZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 248 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49861, -0.20315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leighton House, now a museum, was the home and gallery of Lord Leighton, built between 1866 and 1896. It was designed by Professor G. Aitchison and consists of two blocks. The house is constructed of red brick and features a Turkish tiled dome on the left projection, along with a heavy modillion cornice on the right side. The gallery, which is later and connected but detached from the house, is made of brown brick. The interiors of the house are very fine.
Local climate
Leighton House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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