Monument View is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Monument View
- WRENN ID
- watchful-hinge-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Monument View, A686, Alston Moor, CA9 3HX
- OS grid reference
- NY 717 464
- Coordinates
- 54.81243, -2.44159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monument View is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble stone with quoins at the south end. The roof is of graduated stone flags, and a brick chimney is positioned centrally and shared with the adjacent property to the north. The two-bay front is three stories high and features a single sash window to the right of the steps that lead to a panelled front door on the first floor. A single sash window is located above. The property is fronted by cast iron railings with a central gate, and the gate standards have double fleur-de-lis heads.
Local climate
Monument View sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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