Numbers 2, 4, 6 and Right 3 Bays of 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Shop, office. 3 related planning applications.
Numbers 2, 4, 6 and Right 3 Bays of 8
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-wicket-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Shop, office
- Address
- Numbers 2, 4, 6 and Right 3 Bays of 8, Kingsway, WA14 1PJ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 768 880
- Coordinates
- 53.38863, -2.35026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2, 4, 6 and the right three bays of eight on Kingsway in Altrincham are shops and offices built in 1870. The building is constructed of red sandstone, featuring a rock-faced and ashlar finish, with a slate roof and a brick rear. It has 11 bays and stands three storeys tall, with shops on the ground floor and offices above, showcasing a Victorian Gothic style.
Notable architectural features include an enriched sill band on the first floor and a coped modillion eaves parapet. The ground floor was originally arcaded and had shop fronts with barley sugar Y-tracery, although this detail now only remains on bay 6. Bays 1, 2, and 3 have been significantly re-faced in brick. The arcade columns feature moulded bases and capitals, with pilasters that separate bays 3 and 4, and 8 and 9, extending up the entire building.
On the first floor, each set of three bays contains four lancet windows, with the central two being coupled and adorned with plate tracery, all under hoodmoulds with enriched stops. The second floor windows follow a similar design, featuring shouldered heads and paired windows beneath corbelled gablets that break through the eaves parapet.
Local climate
Numbers 2, 4, 6 and Right 3 Bays of 8 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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