24 and 26, Princess Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1974. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

24 and 26, Princess Street

WRENN ID
drifting-frieze-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1974
Type
Shop
Address
24 and 26, Princess Street, Knutsford, WA16 6BU
OS grid reference
SJ 750 786
Coordinates
53.30422, -2.37537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

24 and 26 Princess Street is a pair of shops with dwellings above, currently all in commercial use. The building is constructed of brick and has a slate roof. It stands three storeys high, with each storey featuring a three-window range. The ground floor has inserted shop fronts, while the upper windows of No. 24 are framed with moulded architraves and flat entablatures. A modillion eaves cornice adds to the architectural detail. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

24 and 26, Princess Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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