1, Vespasian Road is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1981. House.
1, Vespasian Road
- WRENN ID
- seventh-gutter-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, Vespasian Road, City of Southampton
- OS grid reference
- SU 436 135
- Coordinates
- 50.91999, -1.37981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 Vespasian Road is a mid-19th century house designed in the shape of a circular tower, likely inspired by a Martello tower. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble and tapers towards the roof. The building features a moulded cornice with stone blocks on top that create the appearance of crenellations, as well as a stone stringcourse. There are two pointed arches that have modern windows inserted, and a pointed arched doorcase with a trelliswork porch. This design represents an unusual adaptation of the Martello plan for a domestic residence.
Local climate
1, Vespasian Road receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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