Seafront Shelter at Sz 6489 9806 is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Shelter. 1 related planning application.

Seafront Shelter at Sz 6489 9806

WRENN ID
wild-grate-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1999
Type
Shelter
Address
Seafront Shelter at Sz 6489 9806, Clarence Esplanade, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 647 980
Coordinates
50.77845, -1.08244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The seafront shelter, built around 1900, is located on Clarence Esplanade in Southsea, Portsmouth. It features a timber structure with a flat composition sheeted roof and an elongated open H-plan design. The painted timber frame has splayed arrises and is set on a stone base. The shelter includes diagonal boarded infill at the dado level, with fixed glazing above and decorative fretted ornamental iron panels at the top. A projecting fascia and stepped cornice with iron brackets adorn the structure, along with ornamental iron antefixae around the eaves. Each side of the shelter has a recessed horizontal open slatted varnished timber bench, with the back supported by shaped timber legs.

Local climate

Seafront Shelter at Sz 6489 9806 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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