Muncaster Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Large house. 5 related planning applications.
Muncaster Castle
- WRENN ID
- late-rafter-fen
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Large house
- Address
- Muncaster Castle, A595, Cumberland, CA18 1RQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 103 963
- Coordinates
- 54.35462, -3.38085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Muncaster Castle is a large house that incorporates a fortified tower, which may date back to the 13th century, located in the south-west corner. The building was remodelled and enlarged between 1862 and 1866 by Anthony Salvin for the 4th Lord Muncaster. It is constructed from coursed rubble with quoins and sandstone detailing, featuring embattled parapets supported by cavetto eaves. The roofs are covered with graduated slate, and there are corniced stone chimneys. The castle has a U-shaped plan with a tower at the end of each arm and is mainly two to three storeys high. The main entrance is located on the south side and is accessed through a full-height porch. The windows are scattered and primarily from the 19th century, consisting of multi-light stone-mullioned and transomed designs. The interior is very fine, featuring a panelled hall, a drawing room with decorative plasterwork on the segmental ceiling, and an octagonal library with galleries. For a detailed description, refer to Pevsner's "Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland," pages 165 and 166 (1980 edition).
Local climate
Muncaster Castle 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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