Carnforth House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1949. House. 2 related planning applications.
Carnforth House
- WRENN ID
- young-dormer-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Carnforth House, North Road, LA5 9LX
- OS grid reference
- SD 501 706
- Coordinates
- 54.12914, -2.76424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carnforth House is a house dating from 1755, as indicated by a plaque, although it has been altered. The building is constructed of pebbledashed rubble and features a slate roof. It stands two storeys high and has three bays, with lower extensions on both the left and right sides. The windows and door are framed with plain stone surrounds. The windows are sashed without glazing bars, while the two windows flanking the front door are double sashed and separated by square mullions. There are chimneys located on the gables and between the first and second bays.
Local climate
Carnforth House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 98% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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