Dover House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. House.
Dover House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-copper-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dover House, 24, the Square, Dalston
- OS grid reference
- NY 368 501
- Coordinates
- 54.84199, -2.98425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dover House is a house built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared red sandstone, featuring "headers" of whinstone that create an unusual Flemish bond pattern. The building has red sandstone dressings, with other walls made of rubble, and a blue slate roof.
The house is two storeys high and has two bays, with an irregular layout. It has a coped plinth that is interrupted by steps leading up to a top-glazed six-panel door, which is framed by voussoirs and a keystone, with V-jointed jambs that alternate on the right side. The left jamb is shared with an elliptical-arched carriage entrance at the far left, which also includes voussoirs and a keystone. The angles of the house are accented with similar quoins, and there is a moulded eaves cornice.
To the right of the door, there is a 20th-century replacement oriel bow window. Above, the house features sash windows with glazing bars set within architraves. Additionally, there is a flat dormer that was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Dover House 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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