3, Fairbank is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

3, Fairbank

WRENN ID
gilded-eave-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
3, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BD
OS grid reference
SD 610 788
Coordinates
54.20385, -2.59866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 3 Fairbank is an 18th-century cottage that was originally two separate homes. It is two storeys tall and constructed of rubble with a slate roof. The building features two chimneys, quoins, and coping with kneelers at the gable ends. There are two windows on the front, which have sills and plain reveals, and these are sashed. The doorway has a thin stone surround. Additionally, there are two blocked windows on the first floor and a blocked doorway.

Local climate

3, Fairbank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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