Premises Occupied by the Central Press is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Commercial premises. 4 related planning applications.
Premises Occupied by the Central Press
- WRENN ID
- endless-floor-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Commercial premises
- Address
- Premises Occupied by the Central Press, 3, Castle Street, Stamford, PE9 2RA
- OS grid reference
- TF 029 070
- Coordinates
- 52.6512, -0.4803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 3 Castle Street, occupied by the Central Press, is an early 19th-century building. It has two storeys and is constructed of coursed rubble with a Welsh slate roof. The building features four brick chimney stacks, three of which have chevron cornices. There is a moulded red brick eaves cornice and six windows with segmental arches, glazing bars, and partly fixed lights. On the ground floor, there are six windows and two doors, all set within segmental-headed architraves. While the building has little individual merit, it is included as part of a group with Nos 1 and 5.
Local climate
Premises Occupied by the Central Press sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings