Lowfield with Former Cottage Adjoining to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House.
Lowfield with Former Cottage Adjoining to North East
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-tracery-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NY 377 040
- Coordinates
- 54.4279, -2.96174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowfield, possibly dating from the 17th century, features a former cottage adjoining to the northeast and has undergone later alterations. The building is two storeys tall and has long, low proportions. It is roughcast over stone rubble and has a flag roof with four chimneys. The rear of the main building has twin gables above a porch, which includes a round arch, an upper pointed arched window, and a stair window. There are small sash windows present. The former cottage to the northeast is also two storeys with low proportions, roughcast, and has a slate roof with three chimneys. It features four 16-paned sash windows on the upper floor, two below, and a small-paned former door in a timber-arched porch with a cornice.
Local climate
Lowfield with Former Cottage Adjoining to North East 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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