28, Lowther Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. House, offices. 1 related planning application.
28, Lowther Street
- WRENN ID
- late-barrel-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- House, offices
- Address
- 28, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DH
- OS grid reference
- SD 516 926
- Coordinates
- 54.32711, -2.74551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 28 Lowther Street is a house, now used as offices, situated on a sloping site. It was built around 1782 and has undergone later additions and alterations. The exterior features snecked rubble on a limestone block plinth and a modillioned eaves cornice. The building has three storeys with cellars and is composed of three bays. The ground floor has a 20th-century door and doorcase, while the upper floors each have two sash windows, all with glazing bars except for those on the ground floor. The cellar windows are segment-headed and fitted with grilles. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
28, Lowther Street 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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