Snuff Works is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Manufactory. 1 related planning application.
Snuff Works
- WRENN ID
- carved-threshold-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Manufactory
- Address
- Snuff Works, 25 and 27, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DH
- OS grid reference
- SD 515 926
- Coordinates
- 54.32692, -2.74583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Snuff Works is a manufactory and offices located on a sloping site in Kendal, dating from around 1782, with later additions and alterations. The building features small limestone blocks on a plinth, with a first-floor sill band and a cornice on number 27. The roofs are covered with graduated slates, and there are stone chimneys: mid and end chimneys on number 25 and a mid chimney on the lower roof of number 27.
Number 25 has four bays, with a panelled double door on the right that includes a semicircular fanlight, all set in a stone surround with projecting imposts and a keystone featuring Greek letters. To the left, there are two semicircular-headed fixed windows with recessed aprons and a panelled door that has a radiating semicircular fanlight above. The upper floor contains four sash windows.
Number 27 has three bays, featuring a 20th-century panelled door and rectangular fanlight to the right, with a sash window and shop window to the left. Above, there is a sash window and a 20th-century casement, with a trade sign positioned between. The original windows still have glazing bars.
Local climate
Snuff Works sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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