The King Charles Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1951. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
The King Charles Hotel
- WRENN ID
- standing-spindle-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1951
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The King Charles Hotel, King Charles Court, Grove Road, Ventnor, PO38 1TH
- OS grid reference
- SZ 563 776
- Coordinates
- 50.59618, -1.20456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King Charles Hotel comprises two distinct buildings, one dating back to the 18th century or earlier, and the other constructed circa 1860-70. The main building is three storeys high, built of rubble with yellow brick dressings, and topped with a hipped slate roof. It features seven windows, paired or grouped in threes, in an Italianate style. The original inn, formerly known as The Crab and Lobster, adjoins the main building to the east. This earlier building is significant as one of the few structures in Ventnor to predate the resort’s development in the 1830s, when the area consisted of only a few cottages, a corn mill, and the inn. It is two storeys high, built of stone rubble with a gable-ended slate roof, and has four windows, two of which are half dormers on the first floor. The windows are fitted with wooden casements. A 19th-century gabled porch has been added.
Local climate
The King Charles Hotel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 17 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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