High Greengate and Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Guest-house, house.

High Greengate and Cottage

WRENN ID
quartered-tallow-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Guest-house, house
Address
High Greengate and Cottage, Claife, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 370 956
Coordinates
54.35276, -2.97051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Greengate and Cottage is a guest-house and house built in the 18th century, with early 19th-century alterations and additions. The building is constructed of roughcast stone and features a slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and has six bays, with the last two bays forming the cottage. The windows are sashed with glazing bars, except for the fourth bay on the ground floor, which has a small-paned casement, and the last two bays, which have casement windows. There are gabled porches at the entrances to the third and fifth bays. The building includes a gable-end stack and three cross-axial stacks. The right side has a two-storey canted bay window, and the rear features a gabled range. This property is included for its group value.

Local climate

High Greengate and Cottage 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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