6 and 8, Horse Market is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
6 and 8, Horse Market
- WRENN ID
- silent-gargoyle-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
- Cottage
- Address
- 6 and 8, Horse Market, Kirkby Lonsdale
- OS grid reference
- SD 612 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20301, -2.59603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 6 and 8 Horse Market are a pair of cottages dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. They are two storeys high and constructed of coursed rubble with a slate roof. No 8 features one chimney and a plinth. The windows have plain stone surrounds, with those on No 8 being sashed and retaining all their glazing bars. There are three doorways in line, all with plain stone surrounds, with the central doorway serving as a passage entrance. The doors are modern. The rear of No 6 has been completely altered.
Local climate
6 and 8, Horse Market 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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