Coronation Seat is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Commemorative seat.

Coronation Seat

WRENN ID
proud-wattle-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Commemorative seat
Address
Coronation Seat, the Green, Dalston
OS grid reference
NY 368 500
Coordinates
54.84101, -2.98411
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coronation Seat is a commemorative seat dated 1911, inscribed with "G.R." and erected for the coronation of George V. It is made of red sandstone ashlar and features an octagonal plinth with a central octagonal backrest. The seat itself is covered with wooden laths.

Local climate

Coronation Seat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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