26-34, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Commercial. 5 related planning applications.

26-34, King Street

WRENN ID
endless-mullion-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1983
Type
Commercial
Address
26-34, King Street, WN1 1BS
OS grid reference
SD 582 055
Coordinates
53.54459, -2.63134
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

26-34 King Street is a terraced row of four townhouses, built in 1851 and altered over time. The first two houses are numbered 26 and 28, while 30 and 32 have been converted into offices. The buildings are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and feature a slate roof. Each house has a double-depth plan, is single-fronted, and includes back extensions, with service passages located between Nos 28 and 30, and Nos 32 and 34.

The design reflects a late Georgian style, with three storeys and a window arrangement of 3+2+2+3, which was formerly symmetrical. The eaves are supported by wooden brackets. No. 34 has undergone alterations at the ground and first floors. The doorway for No. 26/28 is positioned to the left, while Nos 30 and 32 have their doorways centrally located, all of which are round-headed with altered doors and plain fanlights. The service doorways are also round-headed and lower in height.

The first three houses feature two-storey canted bay windows with dentilled wooden cornices and pediments at the center, and most windows are sashed with glazing bars, except for the first floor of No. 26. The windows above the service doorways are either blocked or blind. The chimneys are large and located on the front and rear slopes at the junctions of the pairs. The rear and interiors of the buildings were not inspected. This row forms a group with Nos 21 to 25 opposite, and with Nos 7 to 11 and 13 and 15 to the right.

Local climate

26-34, King Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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