84 and 86, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1974. House, commercial.

84 and 86, King Street

WRENN ID
little-solder-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1974
Type
House, commercial
Address
84 and 86, King Street, Knutsford
OS grid reference
SJ 751 787
Coordinates
53.30508, -2.37407
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

84 and 86 King Street is a house that has been divided and is now used for commercial purposes. It likely dates from the 16th century, with alterations and restoration from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber-framed, with some parts covered in painted plaster as part of early 20th-century restoration. It features close studding with middle rails and arch-bracing in the gables, which have decorative strapwork relief on the bressumers. The roof is slate-covered and the building has an H-plan layout, suggesting a hall and cross wing design.

On the exterior, the right-hand gable has been converted into one unit, featuring a late 19th-century shop front on the ground floor, complete with dentil moulding on the fascia and a central doorway flanked by three-light windows. The first floor has a tripartite window set in a moulded architrave, along with remnants of an earlier timber mullioned window in the gable apex. The left-hand wing and central range have been combined into a single unit, with a recessed shop front on the ground floor and tripartite windows in the gable and center on the first floor. Some of the timber framing has been replastered and painted during the early 20th century, and the bargeboards with finials also date from this time. The original timber framing is exposed in the right-hand gable, revealing four bays with a central queen strut truss, while the tie beam is supported by curved braces, with plain tie beams marking the other bays. The king post roof structure of the main hall range can be seen in the side wall. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

84 and 86, 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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