Red Spears is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Red Spears
- WRENN ID
- rough-fireplace-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Red Spears, Dalston, CA5 7DL
- OS grid reference
- NY 377 443
- Coordinates
- 54.79008, -2.96901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Red Spears is a farmhouse that has been converted into a private house. It is dated over the former entrance as 1671, although it could also be 1611, as the date is obscured by ivy. The building has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of whitewashed sandstone and features a Welsh slate roof, with the rear covered in sandstone slates and brick chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high and has two bays.
On the ground floor, there are two 2-light stone-mullioned windows and a small fire window to the right. To the left, there are 2-pane sash windows on both floors that are framed by 18th-century painted architraves. The upper floor has a 2-pane sash window in a 19th-century surround to the right. The cross-passage entrance to the right has been preserved as a garden entrance, featuring a chamfered surround and a dated and inscribed lintel. The corresponding rear entrance has been removed, but one chamfered jamb remains. There is also a side entrance from the cross passage, which is in a 19th-century surround. The left end wall has 20th-century windows set within 19th-century surrounds. Repairs to the walls indicate that the building was derelict for several years during the 19th century.
Local climate
Red Spears sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 2003
- 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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