Upper Mount is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Villa, hotel.

Upper Mount

WRENN ID
rough-lintel-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Villa, hotel
Address
Upper Mount, the Vale, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 643 986
Coordinates
50.78419, -1.08789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Mount is a villa that has been converted into a hotel, built in 1851 by T.E. Owen. The exterior is finished in stucco and features a slate roof with rendered stacks on both the left and right sides. The building has two storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a three-bay façade consisting of one wide bay, one narrow bay, and one blinded bay.

At the center, there is a two-storey projecting entrance with a gable facing the street. This entrance is approached by four steps leading to a two-leaf, four-panelled door with a fanlight, which is set beneath a round arch that has an arched architrave supported by console brackets. To the left of the entrance is a four-pane sash window set under a flat arch, while to the right is a similar sash window located within a recessed bay. A sill band runs across the first floor.

On the first floor, to the left, there is an eight-pane sash window with a moulded architrave, and a lunette window in the attic set within the facing gable. The central first-floor window is a small round-headed casement. The eaves are supported by long, shaped stucco brackets. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Upper Mount 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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