Sun House, Adjoining North End of Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.
Sun House, Adjoining North End of Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- broken-rubblework-starling
- 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
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Sun House, Adjoining North End of Orchard House, CA9 3HX
- OS grid reference
- NY 717 464
- Coordinates
- 54.8125, -2.44162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sun House, located at the north end of Orchard House, is a house from the mid-18th century that has undergone some later alterations. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble with quoins at the north end. The roof is made of graduated slate and features a stone chimney at the north end. The front of the house is two stories high and has two bays. It includes a part-glazed door with a traceried rectangular fanlight, a single sash window to the left, and two sash windows above, all of which are without glazing bars.
Local climate
Sun House, Adjoining North End of Orchard House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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