Virginia is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1983. A Victorian Villa. 1 related planning application.
Virginia
- WRENN ID
- winter-rotunda-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1983
- Type
- Villa
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Virginia, Arthur Street, Penrith, CA11 7TX
- OS grid reference
- NY 517 306
- Coordinates
- 54.6689, -2.74954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Virginia is a mid-19th century villa built from red sandstone with ashlar detailing. The building features quoins, a cornice, and stone chimneys, and stands two storeys tall. The central entrance has a moulded doorway topped with a cornice and a rectangular fanlight, along with a pediment supported by brackets. There are two sash windows on the ground floor and three on the upper floor, although the glazing bars have been removed. To the right, there is a smaller wing that is similar in style.
Local climate
Virginia 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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