Carleton Hall (Cumbria Police Headquarters) is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Police headquarters. 3 related planning applications.
Carleton Hall (Cumbria Police Headquarters)
- WRENN ID
- inner-marble-root
- 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
- Police headquarters
- Address
- Carleton Hall (Cumbria Police Headquarters), Carleton Avenue, Penrith, CA10 2AU
- OS grid reference
- NY 525 292
- Coordinates
- 54.65573, -2.73703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carleton Hall, which serves as the Cumbria Police Headquarters, is an early 18th-century building with late 18th-century alterations. It was restored in 1859 and partly rebuilt in 1937. The structure is made of red and grey ashlar and has two storeys with slate roofs. The central curved bow features three windows on each floor, with two additional windows on either side of the bow. There are also flanking wings, each containing three windows. All windows are 12-paned sashes. Inside, the hall boasts impressive Adam-type plaster ceilings, a staircase with an open string and three turned balusters for each tread, and a fireplace. The garden front has a central range of six windows, flanked by window bays.
Local climate
Carleton Hall (Cumbria Police Headquarters) 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
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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