Bee House Approximately 50 Metres to North of Tower Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. A C18 Bee house.
Bee House Approximately 50 Metres to North of Tower Bank House
- WRENN ID
- grey-glass-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bee house
- OS grid reference
- SD 369 957
- Coordinates
- 54.35314, -2.97101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bee House, located approximately 50 meters north of Tower Bank House in Claife, near Sawrey, is a structure likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed from stone rubble and features a slate roof. The building is integrated into a garden wall and faces south, with an open front and a single pitch roof. It previously had slate shelves for bee skeps, making it a rare example of its kind. The property is owned by The National Trust.
Local climate
Bee House Approximately 50 Metres to North of Tower Bank House 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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