The Square House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. House. 9 related planning applications.

The Square House

WRENN ID
ragged-pillar-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1967
Type
House
Address
The Square House, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1LS
OS grid reference
SK 195 632
Coordinates
53.16563, -1.70843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Square House is a house, formerly the Bateman Arms public house, dating from the 19th century. It is built of regularly coursed gritstone with a stone slate roof, and has coped gables and ridge stacks with moulded drips. The house is two storeys high and has three bays, with gabled ends. The end gables feature 2-light chamfer mullioned windows with hood-moulds and stops, set within cast iron casement frames with glazing bars. The central doorway has been refashioned and is recessed within a segmental stone arch, set within a square frame. A small 2-light window is located to the north of the doorway.

Local climate

The Square 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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