17-23, St John's Street is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. Row of cottages. 7 related planning applications.
17-23, St John's Street
- WRENN ID
- stark-cloister-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1977
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- 17-23, St John's Street, Keswick, Cumberland, CA12 5AE
- OS grid reference
- NY 267 232
- Coordinates
- 54.59951, -3.13473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of late 18th-century cottages located in Keswick. The exterior is rough-cast stucco over stone rubble, with an old slate roof. The cottages have two low storeys. The front doors are panelled and set within panelled reveals; number 23 has a modern wooden porch. A yard entrance is situated to the left of number 17. The windows are sash windows without glazing bars. Number 21 has one pane down and two panes up, while the remaining cottages have three panes up. Number 23 features a curved bay at the rear.
Local climate
17-23, St John's Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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, 36 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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