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

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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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