The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BD
- OS grid reference
- SD 609 789
- Coordinates
- 54.20437, -2.59942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a Tudor house built in 1825 and 1866, located on the north side of Fairbank. The section closest to Fairbank features a date stone inscribed "ACN 1825" and is a symmetrical three-bay design with a pebbledashed exterior and a slate roof. It has two large chimneys and a two-storey porch with a triangular gable, supported by deep kneelers and topped with three finials. The right-hand gable is shaped similarly. The house has three-light windows, all with chamfered surrounds and mullions; the ground floor windows include a transom and a label with round stops. There is a Tudor doorway with a label and a studded door.
To the left is a large addition from 1866, constructed of ashlar with a slate roof and three chimneys. This section features a shaped gable that breaks forward to the right and has a one-storey gabled porch in the centre. The windows here are all of two lights with one transom, except for the ground floor right window, which has three lights. The rear of the building has similar details. The Gables was formerly the Estate Agent's House for the Underley Estate, and a disused drive from Underley Hall runs between The Gables and Abbeyfield Lodge across the street.
Local climate
The Gables sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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