43,44, Duke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Commercial.

43,44, Duke Street

WRENN ID
inner-balcony-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Commercial
Address
43,44, Duke Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 975 181
Coordinates
54.54844, -3.58474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 43 and 44 on Duke Street are late Georgian buildings dating from 1814. They have been occupied by the same firm since 1830. The exterior is now pebbledashed and features a good cornice and parapet, along with end pilasters. The buildings stand three storeys tall and have a panelled door accessed by five steps, set in a doorcase with Tuscan pilasters, a cornice, and a pediment. The ground floor has five sash windows, while each upper floor has six sash windows, all within moulded architraves. These buildings are part of a group that includes Nos 43 to 50, Nos 52 to 55, Nos 65 to 76, and the Town Hall.

Local climate

43,44, Duke 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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