God's Providence House is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1953. A C17 House.
God's Providence House
- WRENN ID
- waiting-shingle-quill
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- God's Providence House, 12, St Thomas's Square, Newport and Carisbrooke
- OS grid reference
- SZ 500 891
- Coordinates
- 50.69959, -1.29334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
God's Providence House is a late 17th-century building located at No 12 St Thomas's Square. It is constructed of red brick and has two storeys with four windows, one of which is blocked. The building features a hipped old tile roof and a prominent heavy modillion cornice, along with one dormer. The gable end facing Pyle Street is capped with brick.
Access to the building is through a passage that has a doorway adorned with a finely moulded shell hood supported by elaborate wooden brackets, along with a well-crafted moulded wool frame and a three-panel fanlight. There is also a later side door that includes a small cornice and a traceried rectangular fanlight. Above the main door, a small rectangular stone panel bears the inscription "WIE 'God's Providence in my inheritance', 1701."
The front façade facing St Thomas's Square is cement rendered and features an impressive early 18th-century double bowed shop window with a central door, which is framed by delicately moulded cornices and reeded frames. The door is modern but includes a delicately traceried rectangular fanlight.
Inside, the building retains a fine original staircase, some panelling, and contemporary fireplaces. God's Providence House is part of a group with Nos 12 to 14.
Local climate
God's Providence House 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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