1 and 2, Crown Square is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2, Crown Square
- WRENN ID
- muffled-pewter-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 2, Crown Square, Penrith, CA11 7AB
- OS grid reference
- NY 516 299
- Coordinates
- 54.66271, -2.75082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Crown Square is a single large 18th-century house constructed of ashlar stone with long and short quoins. The building has two storeys. The centre features a modern door set within a moulded architrave, flanked by two windows on the ground floor, one of which has been enlarged and modernized. Above, there are three sash windows. A rainwater head on the building is dated 1792 and marked with the initials T.H.J. At the rear, there is a boundary with a lintel dated 1647 and another dated 1894.
Local climate
1 and 2, Crown Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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