Lock-Up Shop (Kerr & Sons Bookshop) is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Shop.

Lock-Up Shop (Kerr & Sons Bookshop)

WRENN ID
old-ashlar-equinox
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
Shop
Address
Lock-Up Shop (Kerr & Sons Bookshop), Gatehouse Bookshop, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
OS grid reference
SD 378 787
Coordinates
54.20099, -2.95458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a shop, known as Kerr & Sons Bookshop, located in Lower Allithwaite, Cartmel. It was likely built in the 19th century and features roughcast stone with limestone dressings. The structure is two storeys high and consists of one bay. The windows have stone jambs and lintels; the ground floor window has a 19th-century casement with segmental heads to the lights, while the first-floor window has a 20th-century casement. The entrance on the left side has a door with four fielded panels and a top light, and there is a plate glass window to the right. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Lock-Up Shop (Kerr & Sons Bookshop) 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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