No 54 with Properties to the Rear (Formerly Rudd's Court) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1989. House.

No 54 with Properties to the Rear (Formerly Rudd's Court)

WRENN ID
bitter-spandrel-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1989
Type
House
Address
No 54 with Properties to the Rear (Formerly Rudd's Court), Roper Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 972 180
Coordinates
54.54711, -3.58973
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 54 with properties to the rear, formerly known as Rudd's Court, is a house with a shop that was derelict at the time of inspection in September 1989. It dates from the late 17th century but was largely rebuilt in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of rendered sandstone and has a slate roof. Originally, it had a single-cell plan with a rear stack and an adjacent newel stair. It stands three storeys high. The front features a tripartite sash window on the first and second floors, with 8:12:8 sashes set in reveals. The shop front is largely obscured, and there is a recessed entrance to the right. At the rear of this building is Rudd's Court, which was not accessible during the inspection. The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England describes these as one and two-celled cottages from the mid to late 18th century, representing an important survival of artisans' accommodation located behind the main street shops and houses.

Local climate

No 54 with Properties to the Rear (Formerly Rudd's Court) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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