The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-spire-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Drigg and Carleton, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- SD 082 981
- Coordinates
- 54.37094, -3.4142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from stuccoed stone and features a hipped slate roof. The building has two storeys and the west elevation consists of three bays. The windows have plain surrounds and are sashed with glazing bars, while there is a blocked round-headed entrance. The north elevation also has three bays, with the central bay canted under a hipped roof. The sashed windows on this side include one with single glazing bars and one that is blind. There are two cross-axial stacks. The south elevation displays varied fenestration and includes a gabled porch.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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