Low Yewdale Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.

Low Yewdale Cottage

WRENN ID
veiled-dormer-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Low Yewdale Cottage, A 593, Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, LA21 8DF
OS grid reference
SD 311 991
Coordinates
54.38305, -3.06094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Yewdale Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of painted stone and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys and two bays, with a slate drip course at the ground floor. The windows include casements, a fire window, and three-light wood mullioned windows with iron opening lights. There is a gable-end stack, and the entrance is marked by a slate gabled canopy and a wide-boarded door. At the rear, there is a wing with a gable-end stack. Inside, the cottage has chamfered beams, a two-panel door, a winding stair, and a rear fireplace range. The property is owned by The National Trust, having been gifted by Beatrix Potter.

Local climate

Low Yewdale Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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