5, Thorny Hills is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. House. 4 related planning applications.
5, Thorny Hills
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pediment-magpie
- 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
- House
- Address
- 5, Thorny Hills, Kendal, LA9 7AL
- OS grid reference
- SD 520 927
- Coordinates
- 54.32824, -2.73929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, dating from circa 1823, likely designed by Francis and George Webster. It is constructed from hammer-dressed limestone, with a plinth, first-floor sill band, and a second-floor lintel band visible externally. A moulded cast-iron gutter sits on dentils, and the roof is covered in graduated slate, with a stone chimney at the south end. The house is three storeys high and has two bays. The front entrance features part-glazed double doors and a radiating fanlight set within a semicircular-headed surround. Above the entrance is a tripartite sash window with a corniced, pilastered surround. Each of the upper floors has two sash windows, all with glazing bars.
Local climate
5, Thorny Hills 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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