87, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. Office. 6 related planning applications.

87, King Street

WRENN ID
gentle-truss-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1953
Type
Office
Address
87, King Street, LA1 1RH
OS grid reference
SD 476 614
Coordinates
54.04652, -2.8008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

87 King Street is a former house, now used as offices, dating from the late 18th century and altered in the 19th century. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and has a slate roof. It features a double-depth plan with a rear wing on the left side. The structure has three storeys and three bays, with a cellar, and the facade is canted back to the left. The left corner has flush quoins and a sill band at the second floor.

On the ground floor, there is a doorway to the left with a plain surround and a plain moulded cornice, which holds a modern glazed door. To the right are two large altered windows beneath a fascia board, with patched masonry below where former cellar openings had ventilators. The first floor contains 15-pane sash windows with projecting sills, while the second floor has 12-pane windows, with the center window fixed and the others being sash. The building has no chimneys. The left gable wall features a 12-pane attic window. At the rear, there is a large three-stage stair window and a single-storey extension.

Inside, there is a dogleg staircase with an open string, simple scrolled brackets, stick balusters, a ramped handrail, and a fluted newel at the foot.

Local climate

87, King Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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