Under Crag is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Farmhouse.
Under Crag
- WRENN ID
- proud-loft-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Under Crag, Dunnerdale-With-Seathwaite, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 233 966
- Coordinates
- 54.35986, -3.18177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Under Crag is a farmhouse located in Dunnerdale with Seathwaite, dating back to the early 18th century. The building features rough cast stone rubble and a slate roof, with a south elevation that has two storeys and three bays. The central entrance plan includes a casement window in the first bay and a small casement window in the third bay on the ground floor. The first floor has sashed windows with vertical glazing bars and horns. To the left of the entrance, there is a lean-to outshut that was originally an outhouse, which has two half-glazed doors. The building has gable-end stacks, and the rear includes a lean-to outshut built into the slope of the hill, featuring three windows with small-paned fixed glazing, one of which has an opening light.
Inside, there is a spice cupboard door dated 1714, adorned with ornament and the initials "N & AW/IW/1714" (Walker). Under Crag is historically significant as the birthplace of Reverend Robert Walker, who was born in 1710 and served as the curate of Seathwaite for 67 years. He gained fame through Wordsworth's reference to him as 'Wonderful Walker' in his Duddon sonnets. The roof of the farmhouse was likely raised in the 19th century.
Local climate
Under Crag 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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