1, 2 and 3, Bishop Yards is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Terraced houses. 2 related planning applications.

1, 2 and 3, Bishop Yards

WRENN ID
seventh-mullion-gold
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
Terraced houses
Address
1, 2 and 3, Bishop Yards, Penrith, CA11 7XU
OS grid reference
NY 517 301
Coordinates
54.66405, -2.74981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1, 2, and 3 Bishop Yards are three wine houses from the 18th century, standing three storeys tall and constructed of stone with a cement render finish. The buildings feature quoins and plain architraves, with a total of eleven sash windows; No 1 has twelve panes, while the others have sixteen panes each. No 1 boasts a six-panelled door with a moulded architrave, frieze, and a cornice that is both dentilled and modillioned. No 2 has a plain stone doorway. No 3 is distinguished by two Doric half-columns at its doorway, which is topped with a block entablature and a pedimented cornice, along with a six-panelled door and a semi-circular headed fanlight.

Local climate

1, 2 and 3, Bishop Yards sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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 — 5 transactions since 2002
  • 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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