Gatehouse at Croft Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A Early Modern Hotel, gatehouse.
Gatehouse at Croft Hotel
- WRENN ID
- night-mantel-bone
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Hotel, gatehouse
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Gatehouse at Croft Hotel, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 367 035
- Coordinates
- 54.42371, -2.97687
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse at Croft Hotel dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and has later additions. It is constructed of white-washed and roughcast stone rubble with an old slate roof, and it features two low storeys in an L-shaped plan. The gable at the east end has two 16-paned sash windows and two 3-light small-paned casements, all with slate labels. There is a door located in the re-entrant side. The long range facing the road to the west includes a modern door and three windows on each floor, with the upper windows set in low half-dormers. One of these windows is a 15-paned non-opening type, while the others are 3-light small-paned casements. A single large squat chimney is present. To the west, there is a former stable and loft under the same roof, which is now used as a garage. The central block is from the 16th century, with 17th-century additions on three sides. The gatehouse, along with Croft Hotel, Croft Lodge, Nos 1 to 5 (consecutive) known as Croft Courtyard, a cobbled courtyard with a mounting block and pump, Howsley Cottage, Wayside, and Rock Cottage, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Gatehouse at Croft Hotel 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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