26, Lowther Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House.
26, Lowther Street
- WRENN ID
- fallow-bracket-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26, Lowther Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 973 181
- Coordinates
- 54.54795, -3.58833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 Lowther Street is a building dating from 1814, located on the southwest side of Lowther Street at the corner of Church Street. This 18th-century structure stands four storeys tall and features a dentilled cornice and rusticated pilasters at both ends and corners. The building has 19th-century shop fronts and a doorway positioned at the angle. Each upper storey contains a sash window on each facade as well as on the angle, while the top floor is distinguished by oval "eyes" adorned with swags.
Local climate
26, Lowther 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
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