2-8, Grafton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2001. Villa. 4 related planning applications.
2-8, Grafton Road
- WRENN ID
- guardian-cloister-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2001
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- 2-8, Grafton Road, SO23 9SX
- OS grid reference
- SU 476 288
- Coordinates
- 51.05699, -1.32149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four identical houses located at 2-8 Grafton Road, built in 1865. They are constructed of stuccoed brick, with slate hipped roofs concealed behind parapets featuring moulded cornices. Rendered brick stacks are located on the sides of the houses.
The houses are closely spaced and each features a two-room layout with a front verandah and a side doorway leading to a stairhall. They are designed in the Regency style.
The south-facing fronts are two storeys high and have two bays each. Each house has a ground floor verandah with ornate cast-iron openwork piers supporting a canopy with an ogee profile. To the left is a tripartite sash window, and to the right a canted bay with French casements and panelled shutters. The first floor has two four-pane sash windows, each with an ogee-profile canopy supported on ornate cast-iron brackets; at number 8, the zinc canopy has been replaced with lead. Glazed porches shelter panelled doors on the sides of the buildings.
The interiors retain simple marble fireplaces, moulded plaster ceiling borders and cornices, and original joinery. This includes panelled doors and dog-leg cut-string staircases with stick balusters, turned newels, and mahogany handrails.
The group represents an interesting example of mid-19th century stuccoed villas in the Regency style.
Local climate
2-8, Grafton Road receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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