Anvil House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. A C18 Residential.
Anvil House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-clay-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Anvil House, Saves Lane, Askam and Ireleth
- OS grid reference
- SD 221 777
- Coordinates
- 54.18955, -3.19455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Anvil House is a house built in the early 19th century, with a rear wing dating from the early 18th century. It features pebble-dashed stone and a graduated slate roof. The building has two storeys and a three-bay front, with a lower wing extending to the rear left. The central entrance has a part-glazed, six-panel door set in a basket-arched ashlar surround, complete with a cornice on shaped brackets. On either side of the door are sash windows with glazing bars, raised surrounds, projecting sills, and wedge lintels. The first floor has matching windows beneath an ogee gutter supported by four blocks, with end stacks.
Inside, there is an original early 19th-century staircase with turned newels and a curved pine handrail, along with panelled window shutters. The ceiling of the rear wing features large scantling oak beams. A datestone inscribed with the year 1707, which is believed to have come from the house, is now located over the rear gate.
Local climate
Anvil House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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