Number 32 (Rainbow Hotel) and Entrance to Yard 32 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
Number 32 (Rainbow Hotel) and Entrance to Yard 32
- WRENN ID
- outer-slate-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1969
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Number 32 (Rainbow Hotel) and Entrance to Yard 32, Highgate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 514 926
- Coordinates
- 54.32717, -2.74779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 32, known as the Rainbow Hotel, is a public house that was rebuilt in 1836 for James Harker. The building features incised stucco with a cornice supported by dentils and has a graduated slate roof with a stone chimney at the south end. It stands three storeys tall with a cellar and consists of two bays, including a canted south return. On the right side, there is an elliptical-headed carriage arch entrance leading to Yard 32, with panelled double doors located on the south side within the passage. To the left of the arch, there are plank cellar doors. The windows are sash style set within stone surrounds.
Local climate
Number 32 (Rainbow Hotel) and Entrance to Yard 32 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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- 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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