Hearse House North of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Hearse house.

Hearse House North of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
hollow-entrance-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1968
Type
Hearse house
Address
Hearse House North of Church of St Michael, Lowther, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 518 244
Coordinates
54.61325, -2.74645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The hearse house, located north of the Church of St Michael, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features red sandstone rubble walls that are partly rendered and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which has lead hips and a wooden louvred cupola. This small square building is situated in the north corner of the churchyard. It has central double plank doors set in segmental arches, with no other openings present.

Local climate

Hearse House North of Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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