Beech House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.

Beech House

WRENN ID
odd-buttress-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Beech House, Papcastle, CA13 0JT
OS grid reference
NY 109 313
Coordinates
54.66926, -3.38276
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Beech House is a late 18th or early 19th century house located in Papcastle. It is constructed of roughcast walls with an eaves cornice and angle pilasters, topped by a graduated greenslate roof and roughcast chimney stacks. The house has two storeys and three bays, featuring a panelled front door and sash windows with glazing bars set within painted stone surrounds.

Local climate

Beech House 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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