Cotehow is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. House.

Cotehow

WRENN ID
waiting-slate-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1991
Type
House
Address
Cotehow, Martindale, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 434 188
Coordinates
54.56204, -2.87563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cotehow is a house, likely built in the late 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of roughcast stone and has a slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays. The windows are sashed with single glazing bars, although the third bay features only a small window on the ground floor. The entrance is located between the second and third bays, and there is a window, likely originally an entrance, between the first and second bays. The house has a gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack. At the rear, there is an outshut under a catslide roof, which is built into the slope of the ground. Inside, the property features chamfered beams and a fireplace with a heck partition, as well as a spice cupboard door with marquetry.

Local climate

Cotehow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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