The Candle 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. 3 related planning applications.
The Candle House
- WRENN ID
- high-gutter-mint
- 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 Candle House, Greaves Lane, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1QH
- OS grid reference
- SK 196 697
- Coordinates
- 53.22475, -1.70689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Candle House is an early 19th-century house located on the east side of Greaves Lane in the parish of Ashford in the Water. It is constructed from coursed, squared limestone with gritstone dressings and quoins. The house features a shallow plinth and a stone slate roof, with stone coped gables and a plain kneeler on the north side. There is a stone gable end stack on the south and a brick stack on the north. The eaves have a plain band.
The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The central entrance has a flush doorcase topped with a bracketed stone hood, leading to a raised and fielded panelled door. On either side of the door, there are two-light flush mullion windows with plain sashes. Above the door, there are two similar windows with a single light plain sash in a plain surround.
Local climate
The Candle 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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