51-53, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Terraced building.

51-53, Church Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Terraced building
Address
51-53, Church Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 975 183
Coordinates
54.5496, -3.58609
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 51 to 53 on Church Street are part of a terrace built around 1780. The buildings are three stories high and feature scored stucco with brick chimneys. They have good, simple doorways that include cornices and moulded openings. No 53 is distinguished by its pediments. These properties, along with Nos 49 to 57 and No 57A, are recognized as a group for their architectural significance.

Local climate

51-53, Church Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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