1-3, Scotch Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1949. House.

1-3, Scotch Street

WRENN ID
fading-spindle-pine
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
1-3, Scotch Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 974 179
Coordinates
54.54651, -3.58731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1 to 3 Scotch Street are a block of three 18th century houses built in 1814 and are stuccoed. Number 1 is adjacent to No 30 Roper Street. The houses feature in and out quoins at the ends, with doorways that have moulded architraves and raking pediments. Each house has two sash windows on the ground floor and three on each upper floor. Together, Nos 1 to 10 Scotch Street and Nos 28 to 30 Roper Street form a group.

Local climate

1-3, Scotch Street 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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