2,4, Castlegate is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
2,4, Castlegate
- WRENN ID
- idle-eave-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2,4, Castlegate, Cockermouth, CA13 9EU
- OS grid reference
- NY 123 307
- Coordinates
- 54.66444, -3.3611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 4 Castlegate is a late Georgian building featuring three storeys. The exterior is finished in scored stucco and includes moulded eaves, pilaster strips, and bands at the sill levels. The entrance has two panelled doors with fanlights, set within moulded stone architraves. On the ground floor, there are four sash windows, while each of the upper floors has five sash windows, all framed by plain stone architraves with sills supported on brackets. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 2 to 10 (even) and Nos 1 to 13 (odd), as well as Nos 14 to 28 (even) and Nos 30 and 30A Market Place.
Local climate
2,4, Castlegate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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