No 26a and Passage on Northern Side is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

No 26a and Passage on Northern Side

WRENN ID
sharp-buttress-dale
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
Shop
Address
No 26a and Passage on Northern Side, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4ND
OS grid reference
SD 514 927
Coordinates
54.32824, -2.74739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 26A is a shop located on the northern side of Stricklandgate in Kendal. It was built in the early to mid-19th century and has undergone later additions and alterations. The building features tooled ashlar stonework with pilasters near either end and a lintel band at the second floor. It has a dentilled cornice and a graduated slate roof with stone chimneys at each end. The structure is three storeys high and consists of five bays. The shop front is from the 20th century, and each of the upper floors has five sash windows with glazing bars. There is a projecting signboard on the first floor.

Local climate

No 26a and Passage on Northern Side 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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