Department of Employment is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. A Victorian Office building.
Department of Employment
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Office building
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Department of Employment, 32, Sun Hill, Cowes
- OS grid reference
- SZ 494 961
- Coordinates
- 50.76287, -1.29974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Department of Employment is a mid-19th century purpose-built office building located on the south side of Sun Hill in West Cowes. The building is stuccoed and consists of two storeys with three windows. It features a balustraded parapet that conceals the roof, which includes a central panel with a pediment. This panel displays a carved figure of a working man along with the inscription "UNITA BENE VOLENTIA ET CONCORDIA." The building is topped with urn finials. There are three sash windows, including a central projecting bay. The entrance has a cambered doorcase with rusticated and partially vermiculated pilasters, topped by a curved pediment that is decorated with carved sea monsters. The red brick range at the rear belongs to the adjacent Rawlings Hotel and is not included as part of the listed building.
Local climate
Department of Employment receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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