18, Kensington Square W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1949. House. 2 related planning applications.
18, Kensington Square W8
- WRENN ID
- tenth-newel-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- 18, Kensington Square W8, W8 5BU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 257 794
- Coordinates
- 51.50015, -0.18988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century house on Kensington Square. It is one of a pair with number 17. The house is stuccoed and arranged over three storeys and an attic, with a three-window front. It has moulded window surrounds and a band at the first floor. A plaque commemorates that the philosopher John Stuart Mill lived at the house from 1837 to 1851.
Local climate
18, Kensington Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- 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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