54a, 56, 58 and 60, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Houses. 5 related planning applications.
54a, 56, 58 and 60, King Street
- WRENN ID
- patient-mantel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 54a, 56, 58 and 60, King Street, Wigton, CA7 9EP
- OS grid reference
- NY 256 484
- Coordinates
- 54.82573, -3.15908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four houses, now comprising two shops and two houses, built in the early 19th century. The exterior is painted snecked sandstone rubble with flush quoins set on a chamfered plinth. The roof is slate with 20th-century tile and rebuilt brick chimney stacks. Each house has a single bay and cellars. There are three steps leading up to 20th-century doors within painted stone surrounds. The windows are sash windows set in painted stone surrounds. Number 56 features a 19th-century bow shop window with glazing bars. Number 54A has an early 20th-century shop window. Wrought-iron railings surround the cellar access points. The building is listed partly for group value with numbers 62-66 King Street.
Local climate
54a, 56, 58 and 60, King Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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