Fishing Box on the River Bank to the East of the Abbey Ruins is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Fishing box.
Fishing Box on the River Bank to the East of the Abbey Ruins
- WRENN ID
- long-hammer-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Fishing box
- OS grid reference
- NY 053 064
- Coordinates
- 54.44435, -3.46143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fishing box on the river bank to the east of the Abbey ruins is a stone seat of uncertain date, made from chamfered jamb stones that were repurposed from the Abbey ruins. This structure is approximately 0.35 meters high. The south and west faces feature re-used chamfered jamb stones, while the east face and top consist of rough-dressed slabs. The north side is open, allowing access to a void that is believed to have been used by the monks for fishing, although it is considered unlikely that they used this space for storing their catch, as nearby fields are known to have served as monastic fish ponds.
Local climate
Fishing Box on the River Bank to the East of the Abbey Ruins sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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