Number 38 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. House.

Number 38 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Number 38 and Attached Railings, Castle Road, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 640 992
Coordinates
50.78974, -1.09253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 38 is a house located on Castle Road in Southsea, dating from the early 19th century. The building is roughcast with an interlocking tiled hipped roof and a shortened brick stack on the left side. It has three storeys and a basement, featuring one bay. The entrance on the right consists of a 20th-century door with a fanlight above it. There are five stone steps leading up to the doorway, with railings on either side and at the front of the basement area. To the left and on the first floor, there are 12-pane sash windows. A moulded band course runs above these windows. On the second floor, there is a 9-pane sash window, also with a moulded band course and a coped parapet above it. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Number 38 and Attached Railings receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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