1-10, Oak Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.
1-10, Oak Bank
- WRENN ID
- iron-newel-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 1-10, Oak Bank, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 979 189
- Coordinates
- 54.5553, -3.57931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 to 10, Oak Bank, comprises a complete terrace of larger town houses built around 1840. The houses are three storeys high and have a stuccoed exterior. Each property features a moulded doorcase situated up a flight of steps, distinguished by a cornice supported by mask consoles. A bay window is present, and the upper floors each contain two sash windows. The window above the bay window is framed by a moulded architrave with a cornice on consoles. The central and end houses incorporate gables, and a round-arched window is positioned on the top floor of each. The terrace forms a visual grouping with Nos 1 to 6 Marine Terrace, also on Oak Bank Road.
Local climate
1-10, Oak Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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