Bandstand to North West of Queen's Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Bandstand. 2 related planning applications.

Bandstand to North West of Queen's Gate

WRENN ID
ruined-grate-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Bandstand
Address
Bandstand to North West of Queen's Gate, Kensington Gardens W2, City of Westminster, SW7 5EE
OS grid reference
TQ 262 799
Coordinates
51.50422, -0.18246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bandstand located to the north-west of Queen's Gate in Kensington Gardens is a Grade II listed structure built in 1930, designed by J H Markham, who was the Chief Architect to the Office of Works. This bandstand features a fanciful neo-Regency style made of metal. It stands on a canted pedestal that supports eight slender columns, each topped with simplified capitals and ball feet. The octagonal canopy has a convex sounding board adorned with painted decoration. The roof is tented and made of copper, topped with a polygonal finial. Additionally, there is a decorative parapet with a guilloche frieze and prominent gutter spouts. The bandstand is enclosed by a tubular metal balustrade with tall slender standards positioned between the columns.

Local climate

Bandstand to North West of Queen's Gate 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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