4, Palace Green W8 is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

4, Palace Green W8

WRENN ID
solemn-flagstone-cedar
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
Address
4, Palace Green W8, W8 4NX
OS grid reference
TQ 256 798
Coordinates
51.50404, -0.19037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 4 Palace Green is a detached house built in 1905 by Read and MacDonald. It is constructed of red brick with Portland stone dressings and features a symmetrical design. The house has three storeys plus an attic storey and a basement, with seven windows. A central two-storey doorway is prominent, and the central facade has a gable topped with a modillion cornice and a pediment. The building possesses group value, recognised for contributing to the character of the area, when considered alongside Nos. 5 to 10 Palace Green.

Local climate

4, Palace Green 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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