Dolphin Cottage to Rear of Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Kings Road (Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Dolphin Cottage to Rear of Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Kings Road (Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Not Included)

WRENN ID
strange-bronze-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Dolphin Cottage to Rear of Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Kings Road (Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Not Included), the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 1NE
OS grid reference
TQ 311 039
Coordinates
50.82009, -0.13948
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dolphin Cottage is a pair of cottages located to the rear of numbers 7, 8, and 9 King's Road in Brighton. These cottages are thought to have originally been part of a terrace and are now in one ownership. They date from the late 18th century or early 19th century, possibly with a core from around 1720, and feature 20th-century doors. The front is constructed of red brick in English Garden Wall bond, while the left side elevation is made of painted cobbles with brick lacing courses. The roof is not visible due to restricted space, and there are end brick chimneystacks.

The exterior has three storeys and two windows, with wooden horizontally sliding sashes. There is a central cambered opening that contains two 20th-century half-glazed doors. The interior has not been inspected. These cottages are reputed to have been fishermen's cottages from a terrace that extended to the north but has since been demolished. They are described as "an unusually early survivor in this part of Brighton" in Carder's "Encyclopedia of Brighton." The building was formerly listed in error as No. 6 King's Road.

Local climate

Dolphin Cottage to Rear of Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Kings Road (Numbers 7 and 8 and 9 Not Included) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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