The Old Rectory, The Plain and the Plains is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory, The Plain and the Plains
- WRENN ID
- worn-copper-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, The Plain and the Plains, Plains Road, Wetheral, CA4 8JY
- OS grid reference
- NY 463 549
- Coordinates
- 54.8864, -2.83719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three houses form a terrace, built in the early 19th century. The houses have painted stucco walls, stone dressings, a slate roof, and brick chimney stacks. Each house is two storeys high with three bays. The entrances are distinguished by two Greek Doric columns and capitals set 'in antis', with panelled doors and glazed fanlights above. The windows are 3-pane sash windows with plain surrounds.
Local climate
The Old Rectory, The Plain and the Plains sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% 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 — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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