The Dun Horse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. Inn. 8 related planning applications.

The Dun Horse

WRENN ID
broken-finial-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1969
Type
Inn
Address
The Dun Horse, 5, Stramongate, Kendal, LA9 4BH
OS grid reference
SD 516 927
Coordinates
54.32809, -2.74487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dun Horse is a 19th-century inn located at No. 5 Stramongate in Kendal. The building features wet-dashed rubble on a plinth and has a moulded cast-iron gutter supported by dentils. It has a graduated slate roof and stone chimneys at both ends. The structure is two storeys tall with a cellar and consists of three bays. The entrance includes a part-glazed door set in a stop-chamfered stone surround, with three sash windows (one narrow) to the left and four sash windows (two narrow) above. There is also cellar access in the plinth to the far left. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Dun Horse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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