Eastern Range of Buildings Lord Egremont's Estate Office and the Office of the Westmorland Green Slate Company is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. A Victorian Office.
Eastern Range of Buildings Lord Egremont's Estate Office and the Office of the Westmorland Green Slate Company
- WRENN ID
- sheer-chamber-spindle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- Office
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Eastern Range of Buildings Lord Egremont's Estate Office and the Office of the Westmorland Green Slate Company, Castlegate, Cockermouth
- OS grid reference
- NY 122 308
- Coordinates
- 54.66514, -3.36168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The eastern range of buildings on Lord Egremont's estate includes the estate office and the office of the Westmorland Green Slate Company. This structure, which is Victorian and dates from 1904, is two storeys tall and constructed of stone. It features sash windows and a Victorian Gothic doorway, flanked by pointed windows. There are three windows with labels and two rectangular bay windows, one of which is dated 1904 and has a gabled top. The building adjoins the Gatehouse and has continuous internal access. It is located next to the Flag Tower in the southeast corner of the outer ward, which is medieval and linked internally with the estate office, containing important documents and records. The inhabited parts of Cockermouth Castle form a group with the uninhabited parts.
Local climate
Eastern Range of Buildings Lord Egremont's Estate Office and the Office of the Westmorland Green Slate Company 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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