The Mount is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House.
The Mount
- WRENN ID
- cold-fireplace-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Mount, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 364 063
- Coordinates
- 54.44851, -2.9819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mount is a building from the 17th century located in Rydal and Loughrigg. It has two storeys and is constructed of stone rubble with an old slate roof featuring round chimneys. The building has twin round-headed entrances that are sheltered by a common gabled porch. There are three casement windows on each floor, with window labels. The right-hand windows are situated in a gabled wing that is positioned at a higher level up the hill. For additional context, refer to the general group description under Rydal.
Local climate
The Mount sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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