Buckingham Palace Boundary Walls Enclosing Grounds Walls to Buckingham Palace Gardens is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A C18 and early to mid C19 Boundary wall.

Buckingham Palace Boundary Walls Enclosing Grounds Walls to Buckingham Palace Gardens

WRENN ID
patient-span-wagtail
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Buckingham Palace Boundary Walls Enclosing Grounds Walls to Buckingham Palace Gardens, Lower Grosvenor Place Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 285 797
Coordinates
51.50234, -0.14958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary walls enclosing the grounds of Buckingham Palace date from the 18th century and early to mid 19th century, with some rebuilding in the mid 20th century at Hyde Park Corner. They are constructed of dark red brick and stock brick, featuring wrought iron chevaux-de-frise. The walls have weathered coping, and the earlier red brick sections are associated with Buckingham House.

Local climate

Buckingham Palace Boundary Walls Enclosing Grounds Walls to Buckingham Palace Gardens 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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