1, Penny Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 1 related planning application.

1, Penny Street

WRENN ID
lunar-buttress-ridge
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
1, Penny Street, City of Portsmouth, PO1 2NH
OS grid reference
SZ 634 993
Coordinates
50.79065, -1.10075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 1 Penny Street is a late 18th-century building that has been restored in the late 20th century. It was originally two houses but is now one. The exterior features grey brick in header bond with red brick dressings, and it has a pair of plain tiled hipped roofs. There are brick stacks at the rear left and rear right. The building is three storeys high and has five bays.

At the centre, there is a six-fielded panel door with moulded panelled reveals and soffit, an eared architrave, and recessed pilasters, topped with a pediment on console brackets. To the left and right of the door are two 20th-century restored sash windows, while the first and second floors each have six original 12-pane sashes, all set under gauged red brick flat arches. A stone-coped parapet sits above the second floor. There is a similar door on the right, which has a projecting cornice above it, and each door has one stone step leading up to it.

Inside, the building features an open string staircase with a moulded handrail, fielded panelling with a date in one ground floor room, and a restored original fireplace.

Local climate

1, Penny 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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