Nos 53 and 55 and Cobbled Forecourt to Nos 53 and 55 is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. House.

Nos 53 and 55 and Cobbled Forecourt to Nos 53 and 55

WRENN ID
seventh-pinnacle-sable
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
Nos 53 and 55 and Cobbled Forecourt to Nos 53 and 55, Kirkgate, Cockermouth
OS grid reference
NY 124 305
Coordinates
54.66239, -3.35894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 53 and 55 on Kirkgate are 18th-century buildings with two low storeys, featuring roughcast walls and a slate roof. No 53 has a square entry to the yard, a panelled door, one sash window on the ground floor, and three above, all set in plain stone architraves with low proportions. No 55, which is somewhat later, has a central panelled door accessed by four steps and a modern timber porch, along with two sash windows on the ground floor and three above, all in plain stone frames. In front of these houses is a long, narrow cobbled forecourt that extends from Nos 27 to 55, without divisions or railings, and is open to the pavement. These buildings, along with No 13, Nos 17 to 55 (odd), Nos 36 and 38, Nos 46 to 86 (even), No 47A, and Kirkgate House, form a group.

Local climate

Nos 53 and 55 and Cobbled Forecourt to Nos 53 and 55 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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