Portsea Free School is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. School.

Portsea Free School

WRENN ID
seventh-ember-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
School
Address
Portsea Free School, Richmond Place, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SU 635 001
Coordinates
50.79781, -1.09986
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Portsea Free School, now part of the University of Portsmouth, is a school building dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a low-pitched hipped roof covered with Welsh slate. The building has three storeys and six bays, with the far right bay being narrower.

On the right side of the facade, there is a two-leaf six-panelled door with a six-pane overlight, which is set under a flat gauged brick arch. To the left of this door, there are four 24-pane two-light casements, each also set under a flat gauged brick arch. Further to the left, there are two later panelled doors with concrete lintels, which are located within infill where former flat gauged brick window openings were.

On the first floor, there is a rendered band that is interrupted at the stack, with the left side inscribed "Portsea Free School." The rendered first floor sill band is also broken at the stack, featuring five casements similar to those on the ground floor, along with a later narrow casement at the far right, set under a flat rendered lintel. The second floor contains five small two-light casements, with an additional later casement on the far right.

At the rear, there is a plain single-storey former chapel extension. The interior of the building has not been inspected.

Local climate

Portsea Free School 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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