17,18, Howgill Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Shop, house.
17,18, Howgill Street
- WRENN ID
- spare-landing-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shop, house
- Address
- 17,18, Howgill Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 972 178
- Coordinates
- 54.54587, -3.59017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 17 and 18 on Howgill Street are 19th-century buildings that are pebble-dashed and feature pilaster strips at the corners. The structure stands three storeys tall and includes a house and a butcher's shop, both occupied by the same owner. There are two doors and two windows on the ground floor, along with four windows on each upper floor. The windows have plain architraves, and the glazing bars have been removed. The gable end of the building faces Irish Street, specifically towards No 4. Nos 17 and 18 are part of a group that includes Nos 4, 5, and 7 on Irish Street.
Local climate
17,18, Howgill Street 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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