8, Middlegate is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1983. House. 4 related planning applications.
8, Middlegate
- WRENN ID
- over-wattle-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, Middlegate, Penrith, CA11 7PG
- OS grid reference
- NY 514 302
- Coordinates
- 54.6649, -2.75366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 8 Middlegate is an 18th-century building featuring painted scored stucco and long and short quoins. It stands three storeys tall and has a rainwater head dated 1786, marked R.M.C. The small shop front includes a central door and a yard entry to the right. Each upper floor is adorned with two 12-paned sash windows set within chamfered stone architraves.
Local climate
8, Middlegate 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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