Seathwaite Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Cottage.

Seathwaite Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
inner-trefoil-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Seathwaite Farm Cottage, Borrowdale, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 235 121
Coordinates
54.4989, -3.18211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Seathwaite Farm Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. It has painted roughcast walls and a graduated greenslate roof, featuring shared roughcast chimney stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and consists of two bays. There is a plank door set in a plain opening, and sash windows with glazing bars framed by painted stone surrounds. There are no notable internal features. The cottage is listed for its group value with the adjacent Seathwaite Farmhouse and Seathwaite Cottage.

Local climate

Seathwaite Farm Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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