No.18 and Adjoining House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1951. House.

No.18 and Adjoining House

WRENN ID
young-pilaster-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1951
Type
House
OS grid reference
NY 006 285
Coordinates
54.64215, -3.54043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 18 and the adjoining house, which includes No. 2 Cavendish Street, are two houses from the early 19th century. They are finished in painted stucco, with some incised detailing, and the upper floor is roughcast. The roofs are made of graduated greenslate and feature a coped gable with a left kneeler, as well as rendered and brick chimney stacks. Both houses are two storeys high and consist of three bays each. No. 2 has its facade on Cavendish Street, while the return wall forms part of the facade of No. 18 Portland Square. No. 18 features a panelled door with an overlight and sash windows, all set in painted stone surrounds. No. 2 has similar doors and windows.

Local climate

No.18 and Adjoining House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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