79, Portsmouth Road is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1972. House, offices. 3 related planning applications.
79, Portsmouth Road
- WRENN ID
- fading-flagstone-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1972
- Type
- House, offices
- Address
- 79, Portsmouth Road, GU2 4BS
- OS grid reference
- SU 993 490
- Coordinates
- 51.23222, -0.57889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 79 on Portsmouth Road is a house that has been converted into offices, built in the early 19th century. It features incised colourwashed render and low-pitched hipped slate roofs. The central block is two stories high and is flanked by lower two-story bays, with end stacks on the central range. The first floor has three plate glass sash windows, while the ground floor has two windows, one on either side of a Roman Ionic porch that has two front columns and two pilasters at the back. Above the porch is a parapet with a cornice. Each side wing has double casements on the first floor, set beneath 4-centre arched heads. There is a panelled door in the left wing and a garage door on the right. The building is included for its group value and photographs can be found in The National Monuments Record.
Local climate
79, Portsmouth Road receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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