Windermere Hotel (Excluding Modern Additions) is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1973. Hotel. 9 related planning applications.
Windermere Hotel (Excluding Modern Additions)
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pillar-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1973
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Windermere Hotel (Excluding Modern Additions), Kendal Road, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1AL
- OS grid reference
- SD 413 987
- Coordinates
- 54.38075, -2.90382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Windermere Hotel, built in 1834, was originally a coaching inn that provided stabling for horses crossing Kirkstone Pass. It is situated in a prominent hill-top position and reflects typical local style and materials, now characterized by 19th-century features. The building has slate walling and a moulded eaves cornice supported by wooden brackets, rising to three storeys. The central section features five 12-paned sash windows, with an ornate iron verandah above the ground floor supported by barley-sugar columns and Composite capitals, along with a fretted cornice and decorated spandrels, and an ornamented railing. The entrance is highlighted by a square iron porch with a gable pediment and pointed arches. To the south, there is a wing with three windows, where the center projects slightly and includes an open pediment and quoins. A four-storeyed square tower to the north has quoins and two-light windows. Modern additions to the north are excluded from this description.
Local climate
Windermere Hotel (Excluding Modern Additions) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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