Strand House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House.
Strand House
- WRENN ID
- proud-lancet-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Strand House, 48, Lowther Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 972 182
- Coordinates
- 54.54889, -3.58983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Strand House, located at 48 Lowther Street, was built around 1730 and is situated at the northwest corner of Strand Street. The building has three storeys and is now covered in cement. It features a central doorway with a moulded opening, fluted Ionic pilasters, a dentilled cornice, and a pediment. There are three windows on each floor. The doorway is a re-used feature from 48 Church Street. Strand House is part of a group that includes Nos 44 to 48 and Nos 37 to 42, all of which are consecutive.
Local climate
Strand House 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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