8 and 10, Princess Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1974. A Victorian Shop. 1 related planning application.

8 and 10, Princess Street

WRENN ID
blind-cloister-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1974
Type
Shop
Period
Victorian
Address
8 and 10, Princess Street, Knutsford, WA16 6DD
OS grid reference
SJ 751 785
Coordinates
53.30366, -2.37501
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 8 and 10 Princess Street are a pair of shops that may have been purpose-built as both shops and dwellings. They date from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the late 19th century. The buildings are constructed of brick and topped with slate roofs.

The structure consists of two symmetrically-planned units, standing three storeys high and featuring a six-window range. The late 19th-century shop fronts are notable, along with a round-arched doorway to the left that leads to a passage. To the right of this doorway is an original window that has a flat-arched brick head. The upper windows are 12-pane sashes, each with flat-arched gauged brick heads, although the windows in No. 10 are boarded over. There are also 6-pane sash windows in the attic. The buildings have a plain wood eaves cornice and feature axial and end wall stacks. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

8 and 10, 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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