The Orange Tree is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1964. Inn.
The Orange Tree
- WRENN ID
- tattered-truss-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1964
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Orange Tree, 9, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BD
- OS grid reference
- SD 610 788
- Coordinates
- 54.20399, -2.59909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orange Tree is an 18th-century inn located on the north side of Fairbank, at No. 9. The building stands three storeys tall and is finished in plaster with a slate roof and two chimneys. It features a plinth and two windows that have sills and plain reveals, with box sashes that include all glazing bars. The entrance has a plain doorway with a modern door. Inside, the ground floor showcases exposed beams and a large corbelled chimneypiece that is adorned with a moulded cornice.
Local climate
The Orange Tree 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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