Nos 27 and 29 and Entrance to Yard 31 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. Shops.
Nos 27 and 29 and Entrance to Yard 31
- WRENN ID
- standing-gutter-bittern
- 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
- Shops
- Address
- Nos 27 and 29 and Entrance to Yard 31, Market Place, Kendal, LA9 4TP
- OS grid reference
- SD 515 927
- Coordinates
- 54.32833, -2.74604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 27 and 29, along with the entrance to Yard 31, are shops located on the south side of Kendal Market Place. They were built in the early 18th century and re-fronted in the early 19th century, with later additions and alterations. The exterior is wet-dashed, featuring a moulded cast-iron gutter and a graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys set diagonally at the east end. The building has three storeys and three bays, with corniced wooden shop fronts that have panelled pilasters.
No 27 has a part-glazed door with a plate-glass window to the right, while No 29 has a part-glazed door with a plate-glass window to the left. The entrance to Yard 31 is located on the far left and includes two panelled doors and a window on the west side of the passage. Each upper floor has three tripartite sashes, all with glazing bars, some of which are original; there is a 20th-century casement window inserted on the first floor. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments for Westmorland noted two early 18th-century fireplaces and a staircase within the building.
Local climate
Nos 27 and 29 and Entrance to Yard 31 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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