46-50, Kirkgate is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. House. 1 related planning application.

46-50, Kirkgate

WRENN ID
blind-beam-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1974
Type
House
Address
46-50, Kirkgate, Cockermouth, CA13 9PJ
OS grid reference
NY 124 305
Coordinates
54.66242, -3.35938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of 18th-century buildings forming Nos. 46 to 50 on Kirkgate. The buildings are roughcast in appearance. No. 46 features a doorway with a cornice supported by brackets. No. 48 has chamfered dressings around its doorway and retains an original shallow bow window with small, multi-paned glazing bars, along with a wooden pilaster and cornice. The remaining windows are sash windows with 12 or 16 panes. Nos. 46 to 50, along with other properties on Kirkgate, form a group of buildings of group value.

Local climate

46-50, Kirkgate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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