St Oswalds is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Church.
St Oswalds
- WRENN ID
- graven-gutter-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- St Oswalds, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 331 072
- Coordinates
- 54.45641, -3.032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Oswald's is an early 19th-century building located in Grasmere. It features a pebble-dashed exterior with a slate roof and end chimneys, and it stands two storeys tall. The front of the building, which faces the village, has four windows on each floor, showcasing good small-paned sash windows with slate sills. On the right-hand end, there is a lower single-storey section that includes a small bay window. The left-hand gable end has two similar windows on the ground floor but no windows on the first floor. The entrance is located in the rear wing and is highlighted by a traceried fanlight.
Local climate
St Oswalds sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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