River Island is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 May 1980. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
River Island
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1980
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- River Island, 164 Commercial Street, Stow Hill, NP20 1JN
- OS grid reference
- ST 311 880
- Coordinates
- 51.58675, -2.99583
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
River Island is a four-storey building with a classicising front featuring three windows. The exterior is finished in stucco and includes a parapet and cornice, with shallow pilasters at the ends. The top floor has three 12-pane sash windows set within architraves. The second floor also has three 12-pane sash windows in architraves, but these are topped with pediments. On the first floor, the outer bays are adorned with splayed oriel windows that have sash glazing. The ground floor features a modern shopfront designed in a simple classical style.
Local climate
River Island receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 transactions since 2016
- 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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