Wharton is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. House. 12 related planning applications.
Wharton
- WRENN ID
- spare-sandstone-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wharton, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
- OS grid reference
- SD 377 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20108, -2.955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wharton House is likely early 18th century, situated on The Square in Lower Allithwaite, near Cartmel. The house is constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof. It is two storeys high with three bays. A decorative top frieze and a modillioned cornice embellish the top of the facade. The ground floor windows are sash windows with single glazing bars and horns; the window in the second bay is a paired window. The first floor windows are top-hung casements. A four-panel door serves as the main entrance. A gable-end stack is present. The left return, facing Park View, features two casements and two attic lights.
Local climate
Wharton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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