68, 70 and 70a, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1974. Terrace of houses. 3 related planning applications.
68, 70 and 70a, King Street
- WRENN ID
- high-cinder-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1974
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- 68, 70 and 70a, King Street, Knutsford, WA16 6ED
- OS grid reference
- SJ 752 786
- Coordinates
- 53.30451, -2.37339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 68, 70, and 70A on King Street in Knutsford is a terrace of two or three houses that have been converted into a pair of shops. The building is dated 1701 and has undergone later alterations. It is constructed of brick and features a slate roof. The structure has three storeys and a six-window range. The ground floor has inserted shop fronts, while the upper windows are adorned with wood mullions and transoms, topped with flat-arched brick heads. There is a string course below the first floor and an eaves cornice with a fluted frieze. Additionally, there are three axial stacks located at the rear of the ridge. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
68, 70 and 70a, King 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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