Yard 83 (Dr Manning's Yard) Smoke House to South West of Nos 14,16 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Smoke house. 3 related planning applications.
Yard 83 (Dr Manning's Yard) Smoke House to South West of Nos 14,16
- WRENN ID
- seventh-footing-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Smoke house
- Address
- Yard 83 (Dr Manning's Yard) Smoke House to South West of Nos 14,16, Highgate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 515 924
- Coordinates
- 54.32556, -2.7468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a smoke house, likely dating from the early to mid 19th century. Constructed of coursed, squared rubble, it has graduated slate roofs with a louvred vent that runs the length of the ridge. A stone chimney is located at the east end. It is a single-storey structure with two boarded-up doors on the north side and one on the west return. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Yard 83 (Dr Manning's Yard) Smoke House to South West of Nos 14,16 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 9 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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