Summerhouse to South of Green Close is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Summerhouse.
Summerhouse to South of Green Close
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-porch-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Summerhouse to South of Green Close, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale
- OS grid reference
- SD 611 784
- Coordinates
- 54.20003, -2.59632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The summerhouse located to the south of Green Close is a Grade II listed structure, primarily consisting of the front wall of a former church porch. It is built from ashlar stone and features a slate roof with a gable that includes kneelers. The design includes shallow rustication on the impost band and a moulded segmental entrance arch, which has a keystone, moulded jambs, and an impost band. This structure was relocated to its current position in 1866.
Local climate
Summerhouse to South of Green Close sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
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