Keepers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
Keepers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-portal-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- Keepers Cottage, Over Wyresdale
- OS grid reference
- SD 561 542
- Coordinates
- 53.98232, -2.66981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Keepers Cottage is a house built in 1770, constructed from sandstone rubble and topped with a stone slate roof. It has a double-depth plan, stands two storeys high, and features two bays. The windows are framed with stone surrounds that have a slight chamfer, although the central mullions have been removed. The door, located between the bays, is set within a plain stone surround and is sheltered by an open gabled porch. Above the door is an oval plaque inscribed with 'TC 1770'. The cottage has gable chimneys, and the rear wall includes some re-used rebated and chamfered window surrounds, including a tall stair window that has one transom.
Local climate
Keepers Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- 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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