Steenkot the Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
Steenkot the Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-minaret-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Steenkot the Old Cottage, Colton, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 8HG
- OS grid reference
- SD 318 872
- Coordinates
- 54.27592, -3.04793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage and Steenkot are two houses that date from the late 17th century or 18th century, with a later addition. They are constructed of roughcast stone and rubble, topped with a slate roof. The buildings are two storeys high and consist of four bays, with the first bay designated as The Old Cottage. Most windows feature small-paned fixed glazing with opening upper parts, some of which are pivoted. However, the first bay on the first floor has a sashed window with vertical glazing bars and horns. The entrances are adorned with open slate slab porches, and the entrance to the first bay includes a wide-boarded door. Gable-end stacks are present. The rear of the buildings is similar in appearance, with a stone rubble outbuilding extending to the left. The right side has a round projection, likely an oven, and three windows to the right, one of which was probably originally a door. The outbuilding features an entrance and two openings with timber lintels.
Local climate
Steenkot the Old Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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