Former Royal Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1950. Museum. 3 related planning applications.
Former Royal Museum
- WRENN ID
- spare-portal-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1950
- Type
- Museum
- Address
- Former Royal Museum, 174 - 176, South Parade, Matlock Bath, Matlock, DE4 3NR
- OS grid reference
- SK 293 581
- Coordinates
- 53.12016, -1.56365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a Regency-style structure dating to the mid-19th century. It is constructed of stucco and stands four storeys high. The front features two sash windows within plain surrounds, along with two bay windows on the second storey. The eaves are plain, and the roof is covered with slates. A mid-19th century shop front is present. The building is part of a group that includes numbers 124, 134 to 144 (even), 148 to 172 (even), The Princess Victoria, and 178 to 186 (even). It was formerly known as the Royal Museum and was originally located on North Parade.
Local climate
Former Royal Museum receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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