Former Smithy and Cottage to North of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1992. A Victorian Smithy and cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Former Smithy and Cottage to North of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm

WRENN ID
unlit-chapel-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1992
Type
Smithy and cottage
Period
Victorian
Address
Former Smithy and Cottage to North of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm, Eskdale Green, Cumberland, CA19 1TW
OS grid reference
NY 139 006
Coordinates
54.39413, -3.32729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former smithy and cottage at Long Rigg Farm, likely built in the early to mid 19th century and altered around 1900, is now a store and an unoccupied residence. The structure is made of random granite rubble with quoins and features red sandstone lintels. It has a slate roof with brick chimneys. The building has a two-unit plan, with the ground floor built back-to-earth. It stands two storeys high and has two windows. There are square-headed doorways slightly offset to the left of center; the left doorway has a board door, while the right has a 20th-century stable door. To the left, there is a square window with fixed 8+8 pane glazing, and the right window, along with both first-floor windows, has been enlarged to a vertical rectangular shape, all featuring fixed 16-pane glazing except for the ground floor window, which has a 20th-century top-hung casement opening in the upper half. The building has gable chimneys. Inside the former smithy, there is a forge made of large granite blocks, complete with large leather bellows suspended in a wooden frame with a levered handle and chain that are still in working order. This site is historically linked to a former bobbin mill located just to the north, which has since been converted into a dwelling. The building forms part of a group with the model farm buildings at Long Rigg Farm, located approximately 20 meters to the south.

Local climate

Former Smithy and Cottage to North of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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