78, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Terraced house. 1 related planning application.
78, King Street
- WRENN ID
- endless-chalk-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 78, King Street, City of Portsmouth, PO5 4EH
- OS grid reference
- SZ 641 995
- Coordinates
- 50.79202, -1.09113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 78 King Street is a terraced house built around 1850. It is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond, with a concealed roof. The building has two storeys and a basement, featuring one bay. Access is via four steps leading to a recessed six-panelled door with a fanlight, which is set beneath a round gauged brick arch with moulded imposts. To the right, on the first floor, there is a two-pane casement window with a fixed light above, both situated under flat gauged brick arches. The house also has a paired dentil band and a coped parapet. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
78, King Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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