Lady Anne's Bee House in Copse to North East of Former Stable Block at Appleby Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. A C17 Bee-house.

Lady Anne's Bee House in Copse to North East of Former Stable Block at Appleby Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1985
Type
Bee-house
Address
Lady Anne's Bee House in Copse to North East of Former Stable Block at Appleby Castle, Boroughgate, Appleby-In-Westmorland
OS grid reference
NY 685 200
Coordinates
54.57459, -2.48731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lady Anne's Bee House is a Grade I listed building located in a copse to the north-east of the former stable block at Appleby Castle. It was built by Lady Anne Clifford in the mid-17th century. The structure is square and made of stone, standing on a bank above the river, and features a pyramid roof with two storeys. The lower level has a door, while the upper level is adorned with a pointed arched window on each of its three sides, and a door on the fourth side.

Local climate

Lady Anne's Bee House in Copse to North East of Former Stable Block at Appleby Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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