Thistle House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Thistle House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-transept-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thistle House, Main Street, Wray-With-Botton, LA2 8QF
- OS grid reference
- SD 603 675
- Coordinates
- 54.10191, -2.60845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thistle House is an early to mid-19th century house located on the west side of Main Street, Wray-with-Botton. The house is constructed of squared sandstone rubble with a slate roof and follows a double-depth plan. It is two storeys high with an attic and has three bays. Chamfered quoins mark the corners. The windows are sash windows with plain stone surrounds. Gable chimneys are present. The entrance door, positioned in the middle bay, has a stone surround with jambs treated as pilasters.
Local climate
Thistle House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 5 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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