5,7, Castlegate is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
5,7, Castlegate
- WRENN ID
- weathered-slate-cream
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 5,7, Castlegate, Cockermouth
- OS grid reference
- NY 122 307
- Coordinates
- 54.6645, -3.36135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century building located on Castlegate, originally constructed as the house of the Earl of Wyndham and now divided into two separate properties at numbers 5 and 7. The building is two storeys high and has a cement-rendered exterior with a slate roof. It features a double shop front with original bow windows incorporating glazing bars. The upper floors contain seven 12-paned sash windows on each level. The interior is said to include a fine oak staircase. A rear wing extends from the southwest side of an internal courtyard. The building forms a group with numbers 2 to 10 (even) and 1 to 13 (odd) on Castlegate, along with numbers 14 to 28 (even) and 30 and 30A on Market Place.
Local climate
5,7, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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