Chapel to Duke of York's Headquarters is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Chapel.

Chapel to Duke of York's Headquarters

WRENN ID
floating-corner-ebony
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel to Duke of York's Headquarters, King's Road Sw3
OS grid reference
TQ 277 784
Coordinates
51.49086, -0.16077
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel to the Duke of York's Headquarters, consecrated in 1824, is a two-storey building constructed of yellow brick. It features a stone cornice and blocking course. The ground floor windows are set in arched recesses. On the east front, there is a Doric colonnade with small side entrances, while the west front showcases a Greek Doric porch supported by coupled columns.

Local climate

Chapel to Duke of York's Headquarters 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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