High Broadrayn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Cottage.

High Broadrayn Cottage

WRENN ID
sleeping-sentry-root
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
Cottage
Address
High Broadrayn Cottage, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 335 094
Coordinates
54.47597, -3.02723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Broadrayn Cottage is a building that may date back to the 16th century and has been altered over time. It features grey roughcast over stone rubble and has a slate roof. The cottage is two storeys tall, with the front facing the road displaying three windows on the ground floor and two on the upper floor. One of the upper windows is a three-light casement of original proportions, while the others are sash windows. There are end chimneys, and the rear wing includes small new casements and a lean-to porch at the south end.

Local climate

High Broadrayn Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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