Pound on Common Approximately 60 Metres from Road is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Pound.
Pound on Common Approximately 60 Metres from Road
- WRENN ID
- endless-cupola-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Pound
- OS grid reference
- SD 385 816
- Coordinates
- 54.22643, -2.94354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as the Pound on Common is likely from the 18th century and is located approximately 60 meters from the road in Broughton East Field. It is constructed of stone rubble and features an oval plan enclosure that measures about 8 meters by 11 meters. The walls stand approximately 2 meters high and are topped with limestone coping. There is an opening on the south-west side, which includes limestone quoins and one stone gate post. This pound was in use until 1796, when the common land was enclosed.
Local climate
Pound on Common Approximately 60 Metres from Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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