30 and 31, Arthur Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.

30 and 31, Arthur Street

WRENN ID
sharp-wall-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1983
Type
House
Address
30 and 31, Arthur Street, Penrith, CA11 7TU
OS grid reference
NY 517 306
Coordinates
54.66864, -2.74976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 30 and 31 on Arthur Street are 19th-century houses featuring a Victorian plaster facade. The facade is adorned with two full-height ornate Corinthian pilasters, moulded door and window dressings, dentils along the main cornice, and channelled joints that simulate masonry, all painted. The original glazing bars have been removed. The ground floor has two windows, while the upper floor has three. Inside, both houses boast elaborate Victorian plaster ceilings in the ground floor rooms.

Local climate

30 and 31, Arthur Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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