Entrance Arch from Elvaston Place is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1973. Archway.

Entrance Arch from Elvaston Place

WRENN ID
leaning-rubble-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1973
Type
Archway
Address
Entrance Arch from Elvaston Place, Elvaston Mews Sw7
OS grid reference
TQ 264 792
Coordinates
51.4978, -0.18036
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance arch from Elvaston Place, dating from around 1865, features two stone Ionic columns that support an entablature and a broken segmental pediment adorned with floral swags and an escutcheon.

Local climate

Entrance Arch from Elvaston Place 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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