Hodge Hill is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1953. A Early Modern House.

Hodge Hill

WRENN ID
nether-bastion-plover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1953
Type
House
Period
Early Modern
Address
Hodge Hill, Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 418 881
Coordinates
54.28577, -2.89477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hodge Hill is a house that has been converted into a hotel, possibly dating from 1560, with later alterations. The building is constructed of roughcast stone and features a slate roof. It has two storeys with an attic and consists of five bays, with the end bays gabled and the right one projecting. The windows have wooden chamfered mullions and transoms, and leaded glazing, with some iron opening lights that are likely from the 19th century or later. The second bay contains a stair window, while the third bay features a gabled dormer topped with a ball finial. The fifth bay has two small attic lights, and the fourth bay includes a recessed porch under a gallery. The wide-boarded door has moulded battens and a bolection-moulded frame, along with a decorative handle. The gallery is supported by turned balusters and posts, and has eaves, an entrance, and a small window. The building has gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack with paired rounded shafts.

The left return has three bays, while the rear has six bays, with the end bays asymmetrically gabled and the right one projecting. There is a drip course to the central bays, and the windows are similar to those on the front, with the end bays having windows under dripstones. The attic window in the first bay has an older wooden frame and lacks leaded glazing. The return of the sixth bay features an entrance with a wide-boarded studded door, and a small gabled projection covered in foliage at the front. The gable ends have ball finials and stacks. The left return includes a gabled wing that connects with a service range, which has casement windows with leaded glazing and two cross-axial stacks.

Inside, the building has chamfered beams and a plank and muntin partition with moulded arrises and a two-panel door. There is a spice cupboard marked "EMS/1674" and a bay window with cupboards featuring butterfly hinges. A stone fireplace partition includes an attached bench and an adjoining two-panel door. The dog-leg stair has dog gates and a turned balustrade leading to the landing. On the first floor, there are plank and muntin partitions and a small cupboard door marked "BPA/1692".

Local climate

Hodge Hill 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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