The Beeches is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
The Beeches
- WRENN ID
- burning-flagstone-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Beeches, Caldbeck, Cumberland, CA7 8JG
- OS grid reference
- NY 340 385
- Coordinates
- 54.738, -3.02581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century. It has roughcast walls with painted vertical joints marking the corners. The roof is covered with graduated greenslate tiles, and the chimney stacks are finished with cement rendering. The house is two stories high and has four bays. The main entrance features a top-glazed six-panel door set within a painted stone architrave, topped by a detailed pediment. Sash windows with glazing bars are set in painted stone surrounds; the window to the right of the entrance is a double sash. A further top-glazed panelled door is located to the right, also within a painted stone architrave.
Local climate
The Beeches sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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 — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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