Laburnum Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. House.

Laburnum Cottage

WRENN ID
woven-latch-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1991
Type
House
Address
Laburnum Cottage, Askham, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 511 236
Coordinates
54.6052, -2.75832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Laburnum Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of rough-cast stone and has a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The east elevation features a casement window and a sashed window set within a richly moulded architrave and dripstone. On the first floor, there are two sashed windows flanking a lower two-light flat-mullioned window with chamfered reveals. The entrance is located in the second bay. The cottage has a projecting gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack. At the rear, there is a lean-to outshut and a 20th-century porch. An attached house nearby is noted as having no special interest.

Local climate

Laburnum Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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