Number 6 (Sun Inn) and Block to Rear Now Part of Sun Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Number 6 (Sun Inn) and Block to Rear Now Part of Sun Inn
- WRENN ID
- third-hall-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1962
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Number 6 (Sun Inn) and Block to Rear Now Part of Sun Inn, Market Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AU
- OS grid reference
- SD 611 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20331, -2.59772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 6, known as the Sun Inn, is a 17th-century inn with an 18th-century block at the rear, located on the east side of Church Street. The building has two storeys, rising to three at the rear, and is constructed of rubble with a slate roof and two chimneys. The gable faces Market Street, where the first floor projects over the pavement, supported by three roughly squared stone piers with abaci. The windows feature thin stone surrounds and sills, with sash windows except on Market Street, where the surrounds are plain stone. The ground floor has a wooden architrave, and the doorcase has an eared wooden architrave, leading to a door with six raised and fielded panels. The interior is reported to have been altered.
Local climate
Number 6 (Sun Inn) and Block to Rear Now Part of Sun Inn 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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