213 and 215, Kings Road SW3 is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1954. A Georgian Terraced houses. 4 related planning applications.

213 and 215, Kings Road SW3

WRENN ID
guardian-quoin-equinox
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
Terraced houses
Period
Georgian
Address
213 and 215, Kings Road SW3, SW3 5EH
OS grid reference
TQ 271 779
Coordinates
51.48664, -0.17046
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 213 and 215 on King's Road are terraced houses built in 1720. They stand three storeys high with dormers and feature three windows each. The houses are constructed of amber brick with red brick dressings. They have a moulded brick cornice below the parapet and a brick band at the first floor. The windows are flush framed sash types with glazing bars, and the doors have wood doorcases with shaped brackets. No 215 was the home of Dr Thomas Arne in 1771 and has a tablet commemorating Dame Ellen Terry, who lived there from 1904 to 1920. No 213 has a tablet honoring Carol Reed, who resided there from 1948 to 1978.

Local climate

213 and 215, Kings Road SW3 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
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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