Kirkhead Summer House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Summerhouse. 1 related planning application.
Kirkhead Summer House
- WRENN ID
- former-chamber-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Summerhouse
- Address
- Kirkhead Summer House, Kirkhead Road, Lower Allithwaite
- OS grid reference
- SD 392 756
- Coordinates
- 54.17282, -2.93186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirkhead Summer House is a 19th-century summerhouse located on Kirkhead Road in Lower Allithwaite. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a square tower divided into two stages. The structure has a projecting embattled parapet with large stones at the corners and a lead spout on the east side. The west face includes a pointed window opening, while the east face has a similar opening that retains remnants of a shutter and sash, along with an entrance beneath it. The south face has later stone steps leading to a pointed entrance on the first floor. The interior has lost its floor and roof. This summerhouse is likely associated with Abbot Hall in Grange Urban District.
Local climate
Kirkhead Summer House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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