Cascade to West of Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Cascade, summer house. 6 related planning applications.
Cascade to West of Corby Castle
- WRENN ID
- fading-dormer-poplar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Cascade, summer house
- Address
- Cascade to West of Corby Castle, Wetheral, CA4 8LR
- OS grid reference
- NY 470 541
- Coordinates
- 54.87896, -2.82613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A substantial cascade and summer house dating between 1708 and 1729, constructed for Thomas Howard of Corby Castle. The structure is built of red sandstone ashlar and comprises a Venetian summer house leading to a cascade of four steps and an oval pond, all set within a terrace and alongside a river wall. The summer house features a shallow portico with a Venetian opening above which are carved figures representing mermaids, Neptune, and a lion. A dragon’s head water spout is positioned between the central columns, flanked by three-headed lions. Inside the summer house are statues of draped male and female figures. Arched steps form the cascade, one including a grotto behind, and descend approximately 10 metres to the pond. The pond formerly held a fountain, as depicted in Buck’s engraving of Wetheral Priory in 1739, but now contains a statue of Nelson. A retaining wall of sandstone, partly repaired with brick, borders the pond’s edge, with steps leading through an arched opening to create a water gate. The cascade was used for enacting plays written by Thomas Howard.
Local climate
Cascade to West of Corby Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 2 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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