27 and 29, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1972. Shops. 1 related planning application.
27 and 29, King Street
- WRENN ID
- scarred-vestry-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1972
- Type
- Shops
- Address
- 27 and 29, King Street, Ulverston, LA12 7DZ
- OS grid reference
- SD 285 784
- Coordinates
- 54.19682, -3.096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
27 and 29 King Street comprise two shops with living accommodation above, dating from the early to mid-19th century. They have painted render facades and slate roofs. The buildings are three storeys high, each with two bays. The ground floors now contain 20th-century shop fronts. The upper floors feature six-pane sash windows within painted surrounds and projecting sills. The windows on the second floor have sill brackets. A projecting cornice serves as a gutter. Brick chimney caps are visible to the left and right. The buildings have group value.
Local climate
27 and 29, King Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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