Scaur Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Cottage.
Scaur Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-moat-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Scaur Cottage, Underskiddaw, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 264 256
- Coordinates
- 54.62071, -3.14042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Scaur Cottage is a building that dates back to 1822 and was originally two cottages that have now been combined into one. The exterior features whitewashed slate rubble walls topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which includes cement-rendered chimney stacks. The structure is two storeys high and has two bays. There is a 20th-century door in a plain opening, with a similar doorway to the right that has been blocked. The windows are sash style with glazing bars set in plain reveals.
Local climate
Scaur Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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