Little Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage) is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1988. House.
Little Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage)
- WRENN ID
- solitary-hearth-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage), Vicarage Lane, Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0PB
- OS grid reference
- SD 351 981
- Coordinates
- 54.37455, -3.00038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Force Cottage and its outbuilding, formerly known as Green Howe Cottage, is a house likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, with later alterations. The structure features roughcast stone rubble and exposed stone in the outbuildings, topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high and has three irregular bays. The windows are irregularly placed, with sashes that have vertical 9/42 inch bars and horns; there is also one small light in the second bay. The entrance has a dripstone and a large plain doorcase with a door. The garage doors of the outbuilding have a slated lintel. There are two cross-axial stacks. The rear of the building is similar, featuring an entrance with a gabled slate canopy. The outbuilding has a small-paned window above the entrance on a lower level, due to the slope of the ground. The property is owned by the National Trust.
Local climate
Little Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe 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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