14, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Public house, library. 3 related planning applications.
14, The Square
- WRENN ID
- high-banister-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public house, library
- Address
- 14, The Square, Dalston, CA5 7PY
- OS grid reference
- NY 368 500
- Coordinates
- 54.84147, -2.98452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
14 The Square is a former public house that later served as a library, built in the late 18th century. The building features painted stucco on a squared painted plinth and has a sandstone slate roof with upper courses of Welsh slates. It has a coped gable with a kneeler to the right and stucco and brick chimney stacks. The structure is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The entrance has double 20th-century panelled doors set in a plain painted stone surround. The upper floor has sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor also has similar windows, although some glazing bars have been partly removed. All windows are framed in painted stone surrounds.
Local climate
14, The Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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