Stable to North East of Rook How Meeting House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. Stable. 3 related planning applications.
Stable to North East of Rook How Meeting House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-lantern-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- Stable
- Address
- Stable to North East of Rook How Meeting House, Colton, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 8LA
- OS grid reference
- SD 332 895
- Coordinates
- 54.29723, -3.02712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable located to the north-east of Rook How Meeting House is a former stable building dating from around 1725. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a slate roof. The front has barn doors beneath a pentice, with a former entrance to the left that has a timber lintel and an inserted window. The right side of the building includes an entrance with windows to the right and above, featuring small-paned fixed glazing. There is also a window on the left gable end. Inside, there is an inserted floor at one end, along with some partitioning on the upper level.
Local climate
Stable to North East of Rook How Meeting House 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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