The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Manor House

WRENN ID
idle-moulding-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1968
Type
House
Address
The Manor House, Melbecks, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4AB
OS grid reference
NY 776 085
Coordinates
54.47211, -2.34657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a large house, now subdivided, with elements dating to 1672 and 1725, as indicated by a reset lintel. The 18th-century front of the Manor House is constructed of coursed squared rubble with a graduated slate roof, stone coping to the north end, stone end chimneys, and kneelers. The building is two storeys high and has five symmetrical bays. A four-step approach leads to a central part-glazed door, its architrave supporting a segmentally-arched pediment. There are two sashes without glazing bars on either side of the door, with the two on the right being taller and having lower sills. Five sashes with glazing bars are located on the top floor. Melbecks House is a later 18th-century addition, also of coursed squared rubble with chamfered quoins. It features a hipped, graduated slate roof with moulded eaves and a corner chimney. This part of the building is two storeys and two bays, with two tall sashes without glazing bars, matching those to the right of the door in the Manor House. Two sashes with glazing bars are above. A lean-to 20th-century pebble-dashed extension to the south end incorporates a reset 18th-century door architrave with an initialled and dated lintel.

Local climate

The Manor House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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