10 and 12, Palace Court W2 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. House.
10 and 12, Palace Court W2
- WRENN ID
- twisted-storey-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 10 and 12, Palace Court W2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 256 806
- Coordinates
- 51.51044, -0.1912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
10 and 12 Palace Court are a pair of houses built in 1890 by Maclaren. They are constructed of red brick with Portland stone dressings and feature a green pitched slate roof at the eaves. The buildings rise four storeys, with an attic and basement, and present an asymmetrical composition in the Arts and Crafts style across five main bays.
The entrances are located in the third bay, slightly off-centre to the right, and are flanked by half columns. To the right, there is a large polygonal bay window adorned with applied shafts, a heavy foliated frieze, a cornice, and a lead roof. On the left, a canted bay extends from the ground to the third floor, culminating in a Portland stone parapet. The first floor features a rich foliated band, with square-headed windows except for the centre window, which is round-headed. The second-floor windows are segmental-headed, while the third-floor windows are square-headed, with flush frames on the second and third floors. The first-floor central windows have leaded lights, and there are sashes with glazing bars throughout.
A balcony is present on the first floor, serving the left and centre bays. Above the second floor, there is a Portland stone band, and a rich cornice crowns the third floor. Decorative lead guttering runs along the eaves, and there are dormers and decorative slab chimneys. The balcony, area railings, and third-floor ironwork are also decorative. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
10 and 12, Palace Court W2 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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