2 and 4, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1972. Shop.
2 and 4, King Street
- WRENN ID
- young-garret-dust
- 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
- Shop
- Address
- 2 and 4, King Street, Ulverston
- OS grid reference
- SD 285 783
- Coordinates
- 54.19614, -3.09612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2 and 4 King Street is a shop with accommodation above, possibly dating from the late 17th century, with alterations from the late 19th century. The building features scored painted render and a slate roof, and it has two storeys. Most of the ground floor is taken up by a shop front that includes a timber fascia and cornice. On the first floor, there are three window openings with plain reveals and projecting sills; the right-hand window is blank, while the others have sash windows. No chimneys are visible. The rear wall reportedly has irregular fenestration and a slate canopy over a doorway.
Inside, the building has a complex evolved interior. The ground floor fittings are related to its former use as a chemist's shop. The upper floors maintain a domestic character, featuring hearths with moulded surrounds and cast-iron hob grates from the late 18th or early 19th century, decorative plaster cornice work, and a moulded 18th-century door surround. Access to the attic storey is through a doorway with a broad planked door. The roof trusses have principals rising from wall corbels, possibly indicating the remains of tie beams, with nailed collars. One truss is closed with exposed studwork.
Local climate
2 and 4, 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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