69-72, Princes Gate SW7 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. House. 32 related planning applications.
69-72, Princes Gate SW7
- WRENN ID
- frozen-wattle-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1984
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TQ 268 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49769, -0.17366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of large houses located at 69-72 Princes Gate, dating from the late 1860s and built by C J Freake, who acted as both builder and developer. The terrace comprises five storeys plus a basement, with each house featuring three windows. The architectural style is Classical. The facades are stuccoed, with channelling on the ground floor. A continuous balustraded parapet, projecting over Doric porches, runs along the first floor. The first floor windows are framed by Corinthian columns. Balustraded balconies are present on the second-floor windows. Cornice hoods shelter the windows of the second and third floors, with the central window on the second floor topped by a pediment. The building features a rich frieze and a bracketed cornice. Later 20th-century additions to the rear are not of architectural interest.
Local climate
69-72, Princes Gate SW7 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 — 15 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 32 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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