48-52, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1982. Commercial. 8 related planning applications.
48-52, King Street
- WRENN ID
- long-tallow-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1982
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 48-52, King Street, Penrith, CA11 7AY
- OS grid reference
- NY 516 300
- Coordinates
- 54.66356, -2.75174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 48 to 52 on King Street are 18th-century buildings constructed of painted ashlar and standing three storeys tall. The ground floor features small modern shop fronts. The first floor has nine windows, while the top floor has ten windows, mostly sashes with the glazing bars removed, all set within plain stone architraves. Notably, No 48 has two 16-paned sashes. A plaque on the building indicates that William Wordsworth stayed at the Robin Hood, located at No 51, with Raisley Calvert during 1794-1795.
Local climate
48-52, King Street 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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