Kirkhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.
Kirkhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-solder-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kirkhouse, Nether Kellet Road, Over Kellet, LA6 1DX
- OS grid reference
- SD 523 695
- Coordinates
- 54.11955, -2.73015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirkhouse is a house dating from the late 18th century, with some remains from the 17th century. It is constructed of pebbledashed rubble and has a slate roof. The building features a double-pile plan with a central entrance and gable stacks. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has three bays. The windows are sash style, without glazing bars, and are set in plain stone surrounds. The door has a moulded surround and features a lintel marked 'RHE 1676'. Additionally, rebated and chamfered window surrounds and stone gutter brackets can be seen above the extensions at the rear.
Local climate
Kirkhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- 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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