Three Shires Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Inn. 1 related planning application.

Three Shires Inn

WRENN ID
outer-sill-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Inn
Address
Three Shires Inn, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9NZ
OS grid reference
NY 316 033
Coordinates
54.42142, -3.05472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Three Shires Inn is an 18th-century building located in Little Langdale. It features slate walls and a slate roof, and stands two storeys tall. The ground floor has a modern door and two 12-paned sash windows, while the upper floor has four 12-paned sash windows. On the left side, there is a lean-to slate verandah that serves as a porch.

Local climate

Three Shires Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
  • 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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