Pack Horse Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

Pack Horse Public House

WRENN ID
first-footing-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Public house
Address
Pack Horse Public House, 28, Lowther Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 973 181
Coordinates
54.54814, -3.58889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pack Horse Public House, located at 28 Lowther Street, was built in 1814. This three-storey building features stucco with grouted horizontal joints on the ground floor. The entrance includes a panelled door and fanlight set in a moulded doorcase, which is framed by larger panelled pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. There are two sash windows on each floor, with double windows on the first floor, all set in moulded frames. The Pack Horse Public House is part of a group that includes Nos 26B and 27.

Local climate

Pack Horse Public 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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