Melbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1995. House. 2 related planning applications.

Melbourne House

WRENN ID
under-grate-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 May 1995
Type
House
Address
Melbourne House, Buxton Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1DA
OS grid reference
SK 216 686
Coordinates
53.21485, -1.67665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Melbourne House is a house built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed from deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone and features a stone slate roof. The building has three storeys and a two-window range. The original wing at the rear left has been extended to the rear and now spans the full width of the house. It has large quoins and a 20th-century six-panel door to the left of centre, which is framed by an ashlar surround. The windows are 20th-century casements set in original openings, complete with projecting sills and raised ashlar surrounds. The gable copings are plain with upstands made of ashlar. There are brick end stacks with ashlar bands, although the left stack has been truncated. Inside, the hall contains two 18th-century six-panel doors, while the rear wing features a late 19th-century tiled floor and staircase.

Local climate

Melbourne House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • 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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