The Boathouse is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Boathouse.

The Boathouse

WRENN ID
tattered-wall-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Boathouse
Address
The Boathouse, Bath Square, City of Portsmouth, PO1 2JL
OS grid reference
SZ 628 995
Coordinates
50.79185, -1.10941
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boathouse is a building located in Portsmouth, dating from the early to mid 19th century and restored in the late 20th century. The ground floor features stuccoed brickwork, while the upper levels are constructed with a timber frame and weatherboard cladding. It has a hipped roof covered with plain tiles and stands three storeys high with one bay. Each floor has central double doors, with the ground floor doors being a late 20th-century addition. There is a hoist above the doors. At the rear, there are double doors on both the ground and second floors, also with a hoist above. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Boathouse 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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