Hermes Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1978. A C17 Hotel. 1 related planning application.

Hermes Hotel

WRENN ID
peeling-kitchen-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Thames
Constituency
Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1978
Type
Hotel
Address
Hermes Hotel, 1, Portsmouth Road, KT1 2LU
OS grid reference
TQ 178 687
Coordinates
51.40526, -0.30766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hermes Hotel is a building that dates back to the 17th century and has undergone several alterations since then. Originally, it was a two-bay, lobby-entry house facing south, likely constructed as a timber-framed structure before being re-faced with brick in the 18th century. During the 18th century, a larger brick range was added to the rear. In the early 19th century, the current more formal and symmetrical front, which faces Portsmouth Road, was introduced. This front is made of brown brick, stands two storeys high, and is five bays wide, featuring a central doorway that is sheltered by a later 19th-century porch. The building has square gauged brick-headed sash windows and a parapet. The roofs of the two earlier sections are tiled and hipped at their western ends.

Local climate

Hermes Hotel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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