Entrance to Yard 34 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Shops.

Entrance to Yard 34

WRENN ID
upper-floor-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
Shops
Address
Entrance to Yard 34, Finkle Street, Kendal, LA9 4AB
OS grid reference
SD 515 927
Coordinates
54.32803, -2.74577
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance to Yard 34, located at Finkle Street in Kendal, is part of a group of shops dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with later alterations. The building is constructed of wet-dashed rubble and features a moulded cast-iron gutter supported by dentils. It has a graduated slate roof with a stone chimney in the middle. The structure is three storeys high. Number 32 has two bays, with a 19th-century shop front on the left and the yard entrance on the right, while the upper floors have sash windows. Number 36 is symmetrical with three bays, featuring a recessed 20th-century glazed door situated between original bow windows that have glazing bars. There is a 20th-century sign above and sash windows on the upper floors.

Local climate

Entrance to Yard 34 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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