Rydal Mount is a Grade I listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. House.
Rydal Mount
- WRENN ID
- peeling-outpost-smoke
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rydal Mount, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 363 063
- Coordinates
- 54.44874, -2.98236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rydal Mount is a historic building dating from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It was the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850 and is now open to the public. The building has three storeys and is constructed of colour-washed stone rubble with a slate roof featuring round chimneys. It includes a gabled porch and new windows. The lower wings are two storeys high, with the east block dating from the late 16th century and the west wing from the 17th century. A cross-wing was added around 1700 at the north end of the original block, and a mid-18th century block connects the original house to the west wing. For additional context, refer to the general group description under Rydal.
Local climate
Rydal Mount sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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