Golden Rule Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
Golden Rule Hotel
- WRENN ID
- old-garret-moon
- 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
- Hotel
- Address
- Golden Rule Hotel, Smithy Brow, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9AS
- OS grid reference
- NY 376 046
- Coordinates
- 54.43346, -2.96254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Golden Rule Hotel, dating from around 1683, is a two-storey building with a pebble-dashed exterior over stone rubble and a slate roof. It features a gabled porch at the front and has 16-paned sash windows on each floor, positioned at different levels. There is a wing that extends at right angles, which was originally used as stables and coachmen's rooms, featuring doors below and sash windows above. The facade facing Smithy Brow has five sash windows on the ground floor and seven above, with the upper windows having 12 panes each. The Golden Rule Hotel is part of a group that includes The Old House North View and Nos 1 to 3 (consecutive), along with North Syke, North Road, Nos 1 to 4 (consecutive), Kirkstone Foot Cottage, the adjoining cottage, Springwell Cottage, Tom Fold, and The Haven on The Green.
Local climate
Golden Rule Hotel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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