Shepherd's Inn and Adjoining Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1967. Inn, formerly stables. 2 related planning applications.

Shepherd's Inn and Adjoining Stables

WRENN ID
lunar-chamber-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 December 1967
Type
Inn, formerly stables
Address
Shepherd's Inn and Adjoining Stables, CA10 1HF
OS grid reference
NY 615 373
Coordinates
54.7297, -2.59861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepherd's Inn and the adjoining stables are a 18th-century inn located in Melmerby, with the date 1789 inscribed on the door lintel. The building is constructed from thin sandstone blocks and features rusticated quoins on a chamfered plinth, with sill bands on both floors and moulded eaves. It has a graduated slate roof with stone copings, kneelers, and end chimneys. The inn is symmetrical, standing two storeys high with three bays. The central door is framed by a pedimented architrave and flanked by a single sash window on either side, with three additional sash windows above, all featuring glazing bars in stone surrounds. The former stables, which are lower and located at the south end, are made of coursed, squared rubble with quoins and also have a graduated slate roof. They include a central segment-headed wagon door, a 20th-century gabled garage entrance to the left, and two doors to the right. The inn has been extended by two bays into the stables, with two 20th-century windows in stone surrounds on each floor at the extreme left.

Local climate

Shepherd's Inn and Adjoining Stables sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 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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