Denton House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Denton House
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-brass-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Denton House, Caldbeck, Cumberland, CA7 8JG
- OS grid reference
- NY 341 386
- Coordinates
- 54.73824, -3.02417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Denton House is an early 19th-century house constructed of painted stucco and topped with a graduated greenslate roof featuring coped gables and kneelers, along with roughcast chimney stacks. The building has 2½ storeys and consists of four bays. It has a 20th-century door and sash windows, with the upper floor windows featuring glazing bars, all set within painted stone surrounds. The side wall also includes a 20th-century door and sash windows on two levels, all in painted stone surrounds. This large building faces the village green and is noted for its contribution to the townscape.
Local climate
Denton House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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 — 2 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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