Second Church of Christ Scientist is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1982. Church. 10 related planning applications.
Second Church of Christ Scientist
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Second Church of Christ Scientist, Palace Gardens Terrace W8, W8 4RT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 254 803
- Coordinates
- 51.50836, -0.19327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Second Church of Christ Scientist is a church auditorium, school hall, and offices built between 1921 and 1924 by architects Burnet and Tait. It features narrow red bricks with raked joints and a pantiled roof, along with some Portland stone elements. The building is designed in a simplified Italian style and has an 'L' shaped layout. The main auditorium is positioned to the right and has a gabled roof with triple round-headed windows. To the left, there is a two-storey wing that is set back, featuring a single-storey covered walkway in front and an advanced bay with the main entrance. There is an additional entrance in the left-hand return of the auditorium block. The building includes round-headed windows with some stone shafts and capitals. An adjoining garden wall made of red brick and Portland stone has an arched entrance and wrought iron gates. Inside the auditorium, there is some inlaid panelling.
Local climate
Second Church of Christ Scientist 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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