52-56, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. Commercial building. 9 related planning applications.
52-56, Main Street
- WRENN ID
- patient-buttress-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 52-56, Main Street, Cockermouth
- OS grid reference
- NY 120 307
- Coordinates
- 54.66385, -3.36505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century building of stucco over stone, originally three storeys high. It is located on the north side of Main Street, forming a group with the National Westminster Bank. The upper floors contain seven sash windows on each level. These windows are set within plain stone architraves, but without glazing bars. The ground floor currently features modern shop fronts for Norvic, Hughes, and Boots.
Local climate
52-56, Main Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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