163, Porchester Terrace North W2 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Implement shed. 5 related planning applications.
163, Porchester Terrace North W2
- WRENN ID
- tall-paling-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Implement shed
- Address
- 163, Porchester Terrace North W2, City of Westminster, W2 6BJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 259 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51748, -0.18601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terraced house, dating to around 1850, situated on a corner plot in Porchester Terrace, London. The house is constructed of yellow brick with stucco dressings, and its roof is not visible. The corner site has a concave plan, forming a ‘V’ shape. The house is three stories high, with seven windows on the main corner facade. This facade presents a symmetrical design, where the outer pairs of bays project slightly forward. A centrally placed entrance is slightly projecting and has a round-headed form, flanked by pilasters. A stucco cornice is located above the ground floor. The windows are square-headed, except for the round-headed windows that flank the central bay. The ground floor windows have pilasters, while the others are architraved, and all contain sash windows with plate glass. A stucco band is located above the first floor to the centre three bays. A main cornice runs above the second floor, topped by a parapet. The building is included on the list solely for its group value.
Local climate
163, Porchester Terrace North 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 16 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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