4, Melbecks is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Cottage.
4, Melbecks
- WRENN ID
- late-hinge-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 4, Melbecks, Kirkby Stephen
- OS grid reference
- NY 775 085
- Coordinates
- 54.47144, -2.34738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 4 Melbecks is a cottage dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a pebble-dashed front and a graduated stone flagged roof with a stone chimney at one end. The building has two storeys and three bays. On the ground floor, there is a single sash window with glazing bars on either side of a planked door, and an additional eight-paned window to the right at the end. The first floor has two sash windows with glazing bars, and all windows have projecting stone sills.
Local climate
4, Melbecks 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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