395, 397 and 399, Old Commercial Road is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Terrace of houses.

395, 397 and 399, Old Commercial Road

WRENN ID
idle-string-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
395, 397 and 399, Old Commercial Road, City of Portsmouth, PO1 4QL
OS grid reference
SU 644 012
Coordinates
50.80714, -1.08729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 395, 397, and 399 on Old Commercial Road in Portsmouth are a terrace of three houses built in the late 18th century. They are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with a plain tiled roof. Each house has a stack on the right side, with Nos. 395 and 397 featuring brick stacks, while No. 399 is rendered. The houses are two storeys high, with an attic and basement, and each has two bays.

Approaching the recessed six-fielded panel door, which has glazed upper panels and panelled reveals, there are five stone steps flanked by attached railings. No. 395 has an early 19th-century tripartite canted bay on the right, featuring a central sash window and narrow flanking sashes, with pilasters dividing the lights, a frieze, and a moulded cornice, along with an apron below. Nos. 397 and 399 each have two sash windows on the right side, with No. 397 having a 12-pane sash. On the first floor, each house has two sash windows, with Nos. 395 and 397 also having 12-pane sashes. A brick dentil band course with a stone cap and a stone-coped parapet is present, and each house features a hipped dormer with a 6-pane sash window. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

395, 397 and 399, Old Commercial Road 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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