89, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. House, office. 1 related planning application.
89, King Street
- WRENN ID
- calm-pillar-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1953
- Type
- House, office
- Address
- 89, King Street, LA1 1RH
- OS grid reference
- SD 476 614
- Coordinates
- 54.04645, -2.80075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
89 King Street is a former house, now an office, built in the late 18th century and altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof. The building has a double-depth, slightly wedge-shaped plan that narrows towards the rear, likely indicating infill development between adjacent structures. It stands three storeys tall with three bays, plus a cellar and attic.
The entrance is located slightly left of centre, accessed by two steps, and features a raised plain surround with a cornice. On the left corner of the first bay, there is a wide low doorway leading to a through-lobby, which has a wedge lintel. The third bay on the right contains a blocked cellar opening with ventilators. The first and second bays have 4-paned sash windows with raised plain surrounds, while the third bay has similar windows that are coupled on each floor. The roof includes a large flat-roofed inserted dormer, and a large late 19th-century brick chimney stack is situated on the right side. The rear of the building has not been inspected.
Inside, there is a dogleg staircase located unusually in the left front corner. This staircase features an open string, scrolled brackets, columnar newels, stick balusters, and a ramped mahogany handrail.
Local climate
89, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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