Grove House and Former Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. House, former stables. 1 related planning application.
Grove House and Former Stables
- WRENN ID
- fallen-crypt-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1985
- Type
- House, former stables
- Address
- Grove House and Former Stables, Seaton, CA14 1PR
- OS grid reference
- NY 020 302
- Coordinates
- 54.65814, -3.51976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grove House and the former stables date from the late 18th century. The house features painted roughcast walls with V-jointed quoins and is topped by a graduated greenslate roof with carved kneelers. There are painted roughcast chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has two bays, with L-shaped former stables attached to the left side. The entrance has a panelled door with an overlight set in a painted stone architrave. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are framed by painted stone surrounds. The former stables include plank doors and a loft doorway.
Local climate
Grove House and Former Stables sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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