Gate House (Outward Bound School) is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Gate House (Outward Bound School)
- WRENN ID
- moated-chalk-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gate House (Outward Bound School), Eskdale, Cumberland, CA19 1TE
- OS grid reference
- NY 143 002
- Coordinates
- 54.39027, -3.32041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House, now part of the Outward Bound School, is a large house built in 1896, as indicated by a panel above the door, with some rainwater heads dated 1901. It was designed by A. Huddart of Whitehaven for James H. Rea, whose initials appear on the dated panel. The building features coursed, squared rubble with sandstone details and has graduated slate roofs with stone ridges, copings, and kneelers, along with projecting stone chimneys. The plan is asymmetrical, with the main house comprising two storeys, a full-height porch, and a canted bay, alongside a three-storey tower that is a later addition. Notable architectural features include sandstone quoins, string-courses, a blocking course at the roof of the house, and a castellated parapet on the tower. The outer porch has a four-centred opening, and the windows are scattered, set within chamfered stone-mullioned surrounds.
Local climate
Gate House (Outward Bound School) 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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