Shovel Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Shovel Inn
- WRENN ID
- moated-lead-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Shovel Inn, North Road, Carnforth, LA5 9NA
- OS grid reference
- SD 500 705
- Coordinates
- 54.12794, -2.76577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shovel Inn is a public house dating from 1750, as indicated by the inscription on the lintel. It is constructed of pebbledashed rubble and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys, with the main entrance located in the northwest gable facing North Road. The windows are sash style with plain stone surrounds, with one window on each floor of the gable and the doorway, also with a plain stone surround, positioned to the right. The gable is topped with coping and kneelers. The northeast wall has three windows on the first floor, with the ground level being higher on this side. There is a gabled wing against the southwest wall that includes a window on each floor facing North Road, along with coping and kneelers. At the right-hand end of the southwest wall, there are additional windows with plain reveals, as well as a doorway and porch, both featuring plain reveals.
Local climate
Shovel Inn 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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