Whent House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Whent House
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-iron-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whent House, Ireby and Uldale, CA7 1EA
- OS grid reference
- NY 238 389
- Coordinates
- 54.73997, -3.1844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whent House is a house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features painted roughcast walls beneath a graduated greenslate roof, complemented by painted brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and two bays. The entrance includes an 8-panel top-glazed door, and there are sash windows throughout. One upper-floor window is set in a chamfered 18th-century surround, while the others have 19th-century painted stone surrounds. Whent House is included for group value with Standingstone Cottage and Eardon Cottage.
Local climate
Whent House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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