1, Fairbank is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
1, Fairbank
- WRENN ID
- hushed-threshold-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1962
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BD
- OS grid reference
- SD 610 788
- Coordinates
- 54.20381, -2.59855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairbank is an 18th-century cottage located on the north side. It is a two-storey building constructed with rubble, and has a slate roof and one chimney. The corners are defined by quoins. It features two windows with sills and plain reveals, utilising sash windows. A doorway is topped by a wooden lintel, currently with a modern door. A gabled porch with built-in seating and a slate roof is attached to the gable end of the adjacent property at No 2 Vicarage Lane. Exposed beams and joists are visible on the ground floor.
Local climate
1, Fairbank 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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