41-43, Irish Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. A C18 Commercial.

41-43, Irish Street

WRENN ID
kindled-sill-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Commercial
Address
41-43, Irish Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 972 178
Coordinates
54.54583, -3.59044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 41 to 43 on Irish Street are probably from the mid-18th century and consist of three storeys. Each building features panelled doors. Number 41 has a pedimented doorway and two sash windows on the ground floor, with four sash windows on each upper floor, all set in moulded frames. Number 42 has one sash window on each floor. Number 43 has a door with a fanlight and a cornice supported by console brackets, along with one sash window on the ground floor and two on each upper floor. These buildings, along with Nos 41 to 45 and the YMCA, form a group.

Local climate

41-43, Irish 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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