134 and 136, Highgate is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
134 and 136, Highgate
- WRENN ID
- over-tracery-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 134 and 136, Highgate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 514 922
- Coordinates
- 54.32393, -2.74745
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, now used as offices, were built around 1800 for John Davidson. They are constructed of ashlar with a hammer-dressed plinth and a first-floor sill band. The ashlar façade continues around the north-east corner, while the remainder of the north return is of coursed squared rubble. An eaves cornice, supported by dentils, runs along the top of the building. The roof is slate, with stone chimneys positioned mid-way and at the ends. The houses are three storeys high, and each has three bays. Stone steps lead up to a panelled front door with a semicircular fanlight within a stone surround on the left-hand side. Original splayed, ramped, wrought-iron handrails are present, with square standards and cast-iron urn finials at the top. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars; a narrower sash window is found on each floor in the ashlar section of the north return. A catslide roof extends over an offshoot, as part of an adjoining bay, to a tall stair window for number 134. There are two tall chimney stacks, one to the gable and one to the ridge, constructed of rubble stone. Glazing bar sashes are present on the ground and first floors overlooking a rear courtyard, which is enclosed by the service range.
Local climate
134 and 136, Highgate 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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