78 to 86, Kirkgate is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. A Early C19 Cottage. 6 related planning applications.

78 to 86, Kirkgate

WRENN ID
blind-remnant-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
78 to 86, Kirkgate, Cockermouth, CA13 9PH
OS grid reference
NY 124 304
Coordinates
54.66163, -3.35932
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A terrace of early 19th century cottages is located on the west side of Kirkgate. The terrace comprises eleven cottages, two storeys high, with roughcast walls and pantile or slate roofs. Each cottage features a doorway topped with a simple cornice supported by brackets, and one or two sash windows on each floor. Nos. 78 to 86, together with Nos. 13, 17 to 25 (odd), 31 to 55 (odd), 38, 46 to 86 (even), Nos. 47A and Kirkgate House form a group.

Local climate

78 to 86, 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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