The Physic Garden, Gate Piers and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1954. Garden. 1 related planning application.
The Physic Garden, Gate Piers and Gates
- WRENN ID
- stark-spire-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1954
- Type
- Garden
- Address
- The Physic Garden, Gate Piers and Gates, Chelsea Embankment Sw3, SW3 4LG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 277 778
- Coordinates
- 51.48497, -0.16182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1676 by the Society of Apothecaries. The boundary features an early 18th-century gate with side pieces and brick piers topped with stone. A stone tablet set into the wall beside the gate is inscribed "Hortus Botanious Societatis Pharmaceuticae London 1686."
Local climate
The Physic Garden, Gate Piers and Gates 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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