The Fitz is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Fitz
- WRENN ID
- secret-banister-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Fitz, Cockermouth, CA13 0XE
- OS grid reference
- NY 111 305
- Coordinates
- 54.66196, -3.3795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fitz is an early 19th-century house built for the Senhouse family. It is constructed from calciferous sandstone ashlar with a prominent eaves cornice, string course, blocking course, and angle pilasters set on a squared plinth. The roof is of graduated greenslate with ashlar chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high and has nine bays. The main entrance features double-panelled doors with an overlight and side lights, all contained within a fluted tetrastyle Doric porch. Sash windows with slender glazing bars are set within stone architraves, with the central two bays emphasized by full-height pilasters. The interior includes panelled shutters to each window. Historical records, including the Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society and Cumberland Families & Heraldry, note a weathered date stone from 1665 bearing the Senhouse coat-of-arms, which appears to have been incorporated into the later structure.
Local climate
The Fitz 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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