The Convent is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. Convent.
The Convent
- WRENN ID
- ragged-jamb-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1977
- Type
- Convent
- Address
- The Convent, Kirkby Street, Maryport
- OS grid reference
- NY 036 366
- Coordinates
- 54.71591, -3.49755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Convent is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of Kirkby Street in Maryport. It is two storeys high and has a rendered exterior, featuring a moulded parapet and a modillion cornice. The right side of the building has rusticated quoins. There are three windows on the front, each with stone surrounds and moulded cills. The ground floor has two windows with marginal glazing bars set within reveals. The doorway is notable for its attached columns that have entasis and grooved capitals, topped with a modillion pediment and a semi-circular fanlight. The door itself consists of four panels and is accessed by a flight of steps that has a cast iron handrail, which has been replaced in the upper portion.
Local climate
The Convent sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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