20, Buckingham Gate (Including Railings) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Terrace house.
20, Buckingham Gate (Including Railings)
- WRENN ID
- wild-terrace-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- Terrace house
- Address
- 20, Buckingham Gate (Including Railings), Buckingham Gate Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 292 794
- Coordinates
- 51.4995, -0.14005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 20 Buckingham Gate, including the railings, is a substantial terrace house built in 1895 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. It is designed in a Flemish style with a stepped gable and has four storeys, a gable storey, and a basement, presenting an irregular facade with two main bays.
The entrance is located in an archway to the left, which has carved capitals and a small domed oriel above it. To the right, there is a wide, square-cornered bay window that projects from the basement to the second floor, topped with a tented copper roof. The first floor features a polygonal oriel with a copper half-dome and a finial. The windows are a mix of mullioned and transomed designs, casements, and leaded lights.
A rich decorative frieze of carved brickwork adorns the building, showcasing figures and acanthus scrolls. The stepped gable includes a Seralin window and a central column that rises to a finial, with pinnacles on either side. Some windows have patterned blind arches above them, decorated with polychrome designs. An ornamental metal ship emblem is positioned above the ground floor to the right, and the building features elaborate leadwork. The wrought iron railings are of the original design. The interior has not been inspected. This building is recognized as an early work of Blomfield's.
Local climate
20, Buckingham Gate (Including Railings) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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