Outer Bailey Ypres Block is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1949. Barrack block. 2 related planning applications.
Outer Bailey Ypres Block
- WRENN ID
- turning-lintel-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1949
- Type
- Barrack block
- Address
- Outer Bailey Ypres Block, CA3 8UR
- OS grid reference
- NY 396 562
- Coordinates
- 54.89719, -2.94306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ypres Block is a barrack block built between 1836 and 1837, with some additions to the rear. It features English bond brickwork with a stone cornice and a hipped roof made of graduated greenslate, topped with regularly spaced 19th-century brick chimney stacks. The building has three storeys and 15 bays, along with a basement that has a railed area. Access to the ground floor is provided by two porch bridges, which have plank doors set in stone surrounds beneath fanlights. A central door has been converted into a window, and its porch has been removed. The building has sash windows with glazing bars, set in brick reveals, and features stone sills and lintels. A central painted stone panel on the upper level is inscribed with "YPRES," commemorating one of the battle honours of the Border Regiment. The interior and rear extensions are not of particular interest. The Castle is also recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Outer Bailey Ypres Block sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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