Somerset House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1949. A C18 House.
Somerset House
- WRENN ID
- lunar-roof-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Somerset House, 52, Duke Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 976 181
- Coordinates
- 54.54794, -3.58347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Somerset House, located at 52 Duke Street, is a Grade II* listed building from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed stone and features slightly projecting bands between the storeys, along with a stone parapet. The building stands three storeys tall and has a central doorway that is adorned with a Georgian Gothic porch, which includes clustered columns, a raking pediment, and winding steps with ornamental wrought iron balustrades. Each floor has three 3-light windows with small panes and stone mullions. Inside, there is a Gothic arch in the hall. Somerset House is part of a group that includes Nos 43 to 50, Nos 52 to 55, Nos 65 to 76, and the Town Hall.
Local climate
Somerset House 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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