Acorn Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Acorn Bank
- WRENN ID
- twisted-frieze-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Acorn Bank, Wetheral, CA4 8JG
- OS grid reference
- NY 464 545
- Coordinates
- 54.88294, -2.83598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Acorn Bank is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of dressed red sandstone and stucco, with a graduated slate roof and brick chimney stacks. The house has two storeys and four bays. The front features a six-panel door with a glazed fanlight, sheltered by a porch with a tented lead hood supported by moulded wooden elements. A two-storey, semi-circular bay on the right side is built of red sandstone and incorporates curved sash windows with glazing bars. The remaining windows are sash windows with glazing bars in plain surrounds.
Local climate
Acorn Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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