Low Greengate House and Cottage, and Hoopers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. House.
Low Greengate House and Cottage, and Hoopers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-chapel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Low Greengate House and Cottage, and Hoopers Cottage, Claife, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 370 956
- Coordinates
- 54.35237, -2.96958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Greengate House and Cottage, along with Hoopers Cottage, are three houses dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, with later alterations and additions. They are constructed of roughcast and have slate roofs, forming an L-plan layout. The building has two storeys and a south elevation featuring five bays, with the first two bays being later additions. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and those in the first two bays have horns, while the first-floor windows are topped with gablets. The ground floor windows in the third and fifth bays have dripstones.
The entrance is located between the first and second bays and features a half-glazed door with a timber gabled porch. The entrance to the fourth bay has panelled pilasters, dosserets adorned with flower motifs, and an open pediment. This entrance also includes a blocked fanlight with glazing bars and a nine-fielded panel door, two of which are glazed. The building has gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack.
Hoopers Cottage, which is located to the rear, was originally a workshop and adjoins a short wing of Low Greengate House. It consists of four bays and includes a small lean-to outshut and an entrance with a pentice. The fenestration is varied, featuring casements and a three-light mullioned window, along with a gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack. Inside, there is the top part of a court cupboard from the 17th or early 18th century. The property is owned by the National Trust and was a gift from Beatrix Potter.
Local climate
Low Greengate House and Cottage, and Hoopers 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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