Former Warehouse Behind Number 5 Great John Street Warehouse Behind Number 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Warehouse.

Former Warehouse Behind Number 5 Great John Street Warehouse Behind Number 5

WRENN ID
fallen-attic-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1995
Type
Warehouse
Address
Former Warehouse Behind Number 5 Great John Street Warehouse Behind Number 5, LA1 1NQ
OS grid reference
SD 478 617
Coordinates
54.04869, -2.79759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This former warehouse, located behind Number 5 Great John Street, dates from around 1800 and was converted into flats in 1994. It appears to have been built as part of the rear extension of Number 5. The structure is made of coursed sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof. It has a deep rectangular plan and stands four storeys above cellars. A central loading slot is situated under a projecting gable, flanked by windows on the first and second floors. On the ground floor, there is a window to the left and a doorway to the right that leads up five steps to an internal staircase. The top floor includes a window on the left and a round arch for the loading slot, which was designed to accommodate a crane that is no longer present. All openings have plain surrounds, and the joinery is from the later 20th century.

Local climate

Former Warehouse Behind Number 5 Great John Street Warehouse Behind Number 5 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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