Port House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. House.

Port House

WRENN ID
riven-pedestal-soot
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
House
Address
Port House, St James's Street, Yarmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 354 895
Coordinates
50.70487, -1.49889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Port House is a house located on St James's Street in Yarmouth. It dates from the early 19th century and was altered in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and has a slate roof. It is two storeys tall and features three windows. Both the ground and first floors have 16-pane sash windows, but the first floor includes a central mid-19th century box bay window with verticals only, horns, and pilasters. The central entrance has a doorcase with a sloping hood supported by brackets, and it contains a three-panelled door. The building also has a plinth.

Local climate

Port House 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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