Chestnut Hill House Shelley Cottage with Adjoining Stables and Coach House to North is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. House. 4 related planning applications.
Chestnut Hill House Shelley Cottage with Adjoining Stables and Coach House to North
- WRENN ID
- long-belfry-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chestnut Hill House Shelley Cottage with Adjoining Stables and Coach House to North, CA12 4LS
- OS grid reference
- NY 279 235
- Coordinates
- 54.60198, -3.11664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chestnut Hill House, also known as Shelley Cottage, with adjoining stables and coach house, dates back to the 18th century. The house is built of roughcast over stone, with a slate roof, and is set into the hillside at the rear. It has a long, irregular plan and features 12-paned sash windows with stone sills and lintels. A two-storey bay window is located in the middle of the garden front. The property was originally a single house, and it is believed that Shelley spent his honeymoon there. To the north of the house are stone-built stables and a coach house. The coach house has red sandstone quoins, a segmental brick arch over the entrance, two boarded doors leading to the stables, two openings to a loft above, and two rows of arrow slits.
Local climate
Chestnut Hill House Shelley Cottage with Adjoining Stables and Coach House to North sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 18 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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