40-46, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Terrace. 14 related planning applications.
40-46, King Street
- WRENN ID
- under-railing-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- 40-46, King Street, BB2 2DH
- OS grid reference
- SD 680 279
- Coordinates
- 53.74667, -2.48664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 40, 42, 44, and 46 King Street is a terrace building that has recently been shortened and now includes shops. It dates from the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is made of brick, partly rendered, with stone dressings, and features a slated roof with three ridge chimneys made of red brick, one of which is rendered and one truncated.
The building is three storeys high and has eight windows arranged in three sections of two, three, and three windows above four shop units, which were formerly three, with 19th-century fascia detailing. There is a raised first-floor cill band and stacked window openings beneath painted wedge lintels. The left end has two bays with undivided 19th-century sash windows, while the other openings now feature non-traditional 20th-century replacement joinery, and the first-floor openings on the right end have been enlarged.
A stone eaves cornice runs along the top, and the left gable has a pedimental apex with a blind oculus. The doorway features a semi-circular head and a fanlight, with three bays of sash windows above. The terrace was modified in the 19th century to include shops and a hotel, and it has been further reduced in length by four bays in more recent times.
Local climate
40-46, King Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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