Low Oxen Fell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Low Oxen Fell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-plinth-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Low Oxen Fell Cottage, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 326 020
- Coordinates
- 54.40954, -3.03955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Oxen Fell Cottage is an 18th-century house located in Skelwith Oxen Fell. It is constructed of painted stone rubble and features a slate roof. The cottage is one storey high and consists of two bays. The windows are casements, with the one in the second bay being small and having an iron opening light. There is a central entrance that includes a later timber porch. The left side of the cottage has a gable-end stack and a small attic window, while the rear has an additional window. This building is a rare example of a one-room cottage plan. It is owned by the National Trust and was gifted by Beatrix Potter.
Local climate
Low Oxen Fell Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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