Challoner House Entrance Wall, Brick Paved Courtyard and Buildings in Courtyard of No 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. Courtyard, stable, coach-house, cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Challoner House Entrance Wall, Brick Paved Courtyard and Buildings in Courtyard of No 5
- WRENN ID
- scattered-gallery-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- Courtyard, stable, coach-house, cottage
- Address
- Challoner House Entrance Wall, Brick Paved Courtyard and Buildings in Courtyard of No 5, South Street, Cockermouth, CA13 9QP
- OS grid reference
- NY 121 305
- Coordinates
- 54.66224, -3.36317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Challoner House entrance wall, brick paved courtyard and associated buildings form part of No 5 South Street. Constructed in the 18th century, the entrance wall is roughly finished with a colour-washed surface and stone quoins. It has an old slate roof. The wall features three doorways, each topped with a traceried fanlight. Eight 16-paned sash windows are set into the ground floor, with nine windows above, all framed by plain stone architraves. A long courtyard wall extends to the left, also roughly finished, with a castellated top and a large segmental arched entrance giving access to a cobbled yard paved with bricks. Within the courtyard are a stable, a coach-house and a former coachman’s cottage, forming a range of buildings to the left.
Local climate
Challoner House Entrance Wall, Brick Paved Courtyard and Buildings in Courtyard of No 5 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 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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