No. 13, West Strand is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1949. Former hotel.

No. 13, West Strand

WRENN ID
night-rampart-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1949
Type
Former hotel
Address
No. 13, West Strand, Whitehaven, CA28 7LR
OS grid reference
NX 970 181
Coordinates
54.54803, -3.59234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 13 West Strand, formerly known as the Royal Standard Hotel, is a three-storey building constructed in painted stone. The ground floor features a rusticated finish, with quoins, a cornice, and a hipped roof. The building has a square plan and stands freestanding. On the ground floor, there are three round-arched openings that include windows and doors. Each of the upper floors has three sash windows, with the first-floor windows adorned with cornices. The former music hall at the rear has been demolished. Nos. 10 to 13 West Strand are part of a group with No. 1 Hamilton Lane.

Local climate

No. 13, West Strand 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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