2, Castle Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1970. House. 2 related planning applications.

2, Castle Hill

WRENN ID
muffled-foundation-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1970
Type
House
Address
2, Castle Hill, LA1 1YR
OS grid reference
SD 474 618
Coordinates
54.04995, -2.80379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Castle Hill is a house that has been converted into offices. It was built in the mid-18th century and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof that is gabled on the left and hipped on the right, along with brick chimneys. It has a rectangular plan and the main facade consists of three storeys and five bays. On the right side, facing down Church Street, there is a return facade with three bays above a cellar, which includes a door on the left and a blocked window on the right. Both facades have raised quoins, plain surrounds for all openings, and an eaves cornice. The windows are sashed and do not have glazing bars. The central doorway in the five-bay facade is recessed and accessed by five stone steps with iron handrails; the reveals of the doorway feature raised and fielded panels. The rear wall includes a central full-height staircase window.

Inside, the room at the right-hand end of the ground floor is fully panelled, with a moulded cornice and raised and fielded panels both above and below a dado rail, as well as a shouldered fireplace surround. An upper room contains a stone fireplace with a raised keystone. The full-height dogleg staircase features an open string, carved scrolled brackets, two turned balusters per tread, and a ramped and moulded handrail with a wreathed curtail, although the topmost flights have a closed string with less decoration.

Local climate

2, Castle Hill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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