Animal Shelter to North of Boathouse at Castle Head is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1996. Animal shelter.
Animal Shelter to North of Boathouse at Castle Head
- WRENN ID
- high-steeple-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1996
- Type
- Animal shelter
- Address
- Animal Shelter to North of Boathouse at Castle Head, Lindale Road, Grange-Over-Sands
- OS grid reference
- SD 421 795
- Coordinates
- 54.20876, -2.88822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is an animal shelter located to the north of the boathouse at Castle Head, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features a corrugated sheet roof. The shelter is built against a hillside and has embattled parapets. The east wall includes a pointed entrance archway, and the parapet above is stepped upwards, capped with a piece of limestone pavement. The corners of the building are splayed at 45 degrees on both the left and right sides. The boathouse itself is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Animal Shelter to North of Boathouse at Castle Head sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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