Harwoods Chandlers is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

Harwoods Chandlers

WRENN ID
inner-postern-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
Shop
Address
Harwoods Chandlers, the Square, Yarmouth, PO41 0NS
OS grid reference
SZ 354 897
Coordinates
50.70604, -1.4992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Harwoods Chandlers is a building located in Yarmouth that was originally two shops but is now under one ownership with accommodation above. The northern part of the building dates from the mid-19th century and features a stucco exterior with a slate roof. It has two storeys and attics, with two windows on the front. There are two gabled dormers, each with six panes. The first floor includes a cambered 16-pane sash window on the left side and a splayed bay window with a panelled base and horns. The ground floor retains an original shopfront on the left with a moulded cornice and a plain window to the right. There is a central doorcase with pilasters and a cornice. The southern part of the building is also stuccoed and has a slate roof that is hipped to the right side. This section has two storeys and two windows, with a 12-pane sash window on the first floor and a splayed bay window with panels underneath. The ground floor features a 19th-century shopfront. The elevation facing High Street has five windows.

Local climate

Harwoods Chandlers receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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