Black Lion Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Gates. 2 related planning applications.
Black Lion Gate
- WRENN ID
- waiting-turret-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Gates
- Address
- Black Lion Gate, Kensington Gardens W2, Kensington and Chelsea, W2 4RU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 805
- Coordinates
- 51.5101, -0.18781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black Lion Gate is a pair of gates and gatepiers from the mid-19th century. They are made of wrought iron and feature open work iron piers topped with spear head finials. The gates themselves have spear standards. The western half of the gate is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Local climate
Black Lion 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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