Tourist Information Centre is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Historical building. 1 related planning application.
Tourist Information Centre
- WRENN ID
- old-granite-jay
- 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
- Historical building
- Address
- Tourist Information Centre, Middlegate, Penrith, CA11 7PT
- OS grid reference
- NY 514 303
- Coordinates
- 54.66574, -2.75415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tourist Information Centre, formerly known as Robinson's School, is a building that likely dates back to the Elizabethan period and was altered in 1670. It features a carved inscription that reads "ex sumptibus dn. Wil Robinson civis Lond anno dn 1670." The exterior is finished with coloured roughcast over stone and has an old stone slate roof, comprising two low storeys.
The building has a moulded stone doorway with an inscribed lintel. There are three windows on each floor, which consist of three and two lights, all with chamfered stone mullions and small leaded panes. A label runs over the ground floor, arching over the door and windows. On the left-hand return side, there is a later addition of a three-light window. A central stone chimney is also present.
Local climate
Tourist Information Centre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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