46, 48 and 50, King Edward Street is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1990. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

46, 48 and 50, King Edward Street

WRENN ID
blind-rafter-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1990
Type
Shop
Address
46, 48 and 50, King Edward Street, HU1 3SQ
OS grid reference
TA 095 289
Coordinates
53.74529, -0.34103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

46, 48, and 50 King Edward Street is a group of three shops with offices above, built around 1905 and featuring late 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of ashlar and brick, with ashlar dressings and roofs made of slate and copper, showcasing a Baroque Revival style. It has a coped parapet and stands three storeys tall with a four-window range on an acute angled corner site.

The main facade facing King Edward Street features rusticated upper floors highlighted by a giant Ionic order beneath a dentillated cornice. The central two bays are flanked by Ionic pilasters. On the first floor, there are two plain sash windows, and above them, two pairs of plain sashes, all with coved surrounds. The outer bays are adorned with dentillated pediments supported by full columns. To the left, there is a three-light window with a triple plain sash above it, while to the right, a single plain sash is accompanied by two plain sashes above, separated by a Doric column.

The ground floor contains two late 20th-century shop fronts separated by pilasters with curved brackets leading to the cornice. The corner facade features a semicircular bay window on the first floor, supported by Ionic half-columns and topped with an ornate copper half-dome. Above this, there is a hexagonal copper dome with curly volutes and a circular dormer window on each side, along with a flat-topped round lantern crowned with a flagpole. The ground floor shop front continues around both sides of the building. The Waltham Street front, to the right, displays irregular brick and ashlar banding, with Doric pilasters marking the upper floors.

Local climate

46, 48 and 50, King Edward Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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