Halecat Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. House. 1 related planning application.

Halecat Cottage

WRENN ID
lone-moulding-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 1952
Type
House
Address
Halecat Cottage, Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, Westmorland and Furness, LA11 6RT
OS grid reference
SD 431 838
Coordinates
54.24741, -2.87384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Halecat Cottage is a house that likely dates from the early 18th century, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed of stone rubble, with roughcast on the north-west and south-west sides, and features a slate roof. The north-east elevation has two storeys and consists of two bays. The windows, which are probably later additions, include 3- and 4-light wooden chamfered-mullioned windows in enlarged openings, complete with transoms and leaded glazing.

A late 20th-century porch has a swept gabled roof, leaded glazing, and an original 2-panel door set in a chamfered wooden frame. The gable-end stacks are present, with the one on the right being corbelled. To the left return, there is a large lean-to outshut that includes a late 20th-century gabled half-glazed porch, alongside a small-paned glazed door and window above to the left. The rear features a lean-to outshut with a large projecting lateral stack on the right. The right return has a ground floor small-paned casement, an oriel above with leaded glazing and a hipped roof, and an attic window with three lights and leaded glazing. The outshut has a 4-light transomed window. Inside, there is some fielded panelling, which is said to be from the 20th century, and a staircase with turned balusters.

Local climate

Halecat Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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