Alba House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. House. 4 related planning applications.
Alba House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-rampart-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Alba House, 148, High Street, Maryport, CA15 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 036 368
- Coordinates
- 54.71718, -3.49799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alba House, at 148 Maryport High Street, was built in 1842. It is a two-story building with a cement-rendered facade featuring pilasters extending the full height of the building, topped with moulded capitals. A plinth runs along the base. The building has a plain cornice and three windows. A string course is positioned at the cills of the first-floor windows, which have modern sash windows set within their reveals. Aprons are present on the ground-floor windows. Two heavy Greek Doric columns are placed within the reveal of the entrance, which is accessed by steps with an iron handrail.
Local climate
Alba House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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