68 and 70, Kirkgate is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. Terraced house. 1 related planning application.

68 and 70, Kirkgate

WRENN ID
empty-zinc-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1974
Type
Terraced house
Address
68 and 70, Kirkgate, Cockermouth, CA13 9PH
OS grid reference
NY 124 304
Coordinates
54.66193, -3.35928
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are two late 18th-century buildings, 68 and 70 Kirkgate, forming part of a wider group of buildings including Nos 13, 17-25 (odd), 31-55 (odd), 38, 46-86 (even), 47A and Kirkgate House. The buildings are roughcast and have slate roofs. Number 68 has a modern round-arched doorway with a Gothic traceried fanlight, and two sash windows on each floor. Number 70 has two round-arched doorways, one leading to a rear yard, also with Gothic traceried fanlights, two small-paned 19th-century shop windows on the ground floor, and two modern windows above.

Local climate

68 and 70, Kirkgate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Radon risk assessment
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