Town Head is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. House.
Town Head
- WRENN ID
- solemn-bonework-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- House
- Address
- Town Head, Rockcliffe
- OS grid reference
- NY 360 615
- Coordinates
- 54.94418, -3.00011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Town Head is a house from the mid-18th century, constructed of painted stucco. It features a chamfered stone plinth, raised stone quoins, a modillioned cornice with a parapet, and stone dressings. The roof is made of graduated slate and has brick chimney stacks. The building stands three storeys high and has three bays.
The entrance includes a six-panel door with a radial fanlight, which is flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting a block entablature and an open moulded pediment. On either side of the entrance are tripartite sash windows with glazing bars, each surrounded by moulded stone.
On the first floor, there is a central sash window with glazing bars, flanked by double sash windows, all with moulded stone surrounds. The second floor features 20th-century casements with partial glazing bars. A door at the gabled roof provides access to the parapet.
Local climate
Town Head sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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