Thorney Howe Youth Hostel is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A C18 Youth hostel. 2 related planning applications.
Thorney Howe Youth Hostel
- WRENN ID
- young-obsidian-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Youth hostel
- Address
- Thorney Howe Youth Hostel, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9QW
- OS grid reference
- NY 331 084
- Coordinates
- 54.46682, -3.03222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorney Howe Youth Hostel is a building dating from the 18th century, now serving as a youth hostel. It has an L-shaped plan, with an eastern wing constructed of stone rubble featuring rough slate quoins and a slate roof, along with end chimneys. This part of the building is two storeys high and includes a round-arched doorway, two sash windows on the ground floor, and three sash windows above. The lower and older section, which faces south, is cement-rendered and has three oval chimneys. This part is two storeys tall and has smaller windows.
Local climate
Thorney Howe Youth Hostel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- 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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