Portishead House is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1981. House. 5 related planning applications.
Portishead House
- WRENN ID
- open-obsidian-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Portishead House, 29, Nore Road, BS20 7HN
- OS grid reference
- ST 463 767
- Coordinates
- 51.48675, -2.77365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Portishead House is a mid-to-late 19th-century residence. It is constructed of coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and has a slate roof. The north-facing sea front has two storeys plus an attic behind a parapet, displaying four sash windows with architraves and marginal glazing bars, along with pilasters. The ground floor presents three square bays featuring tripartite windows. A terrace extends in front of the building. The east front mirrors the south front in design, with two storeys plus an attic and five windows. A large, two-storey, three-window bow projects from the north end. The south end features an arched entrance leading to a courtyard, topped by a Venetian window. A single-storey Corinthian column porch provides access. Originally the home of the wealthy Bristol wine merchant, John Fisher, a friend and financier of Napoleon III, the house was sub-divided into four flats in the late 1960s.
Local climate
Portishead House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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