Stock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Cottage.
Stock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- peeling-groin-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Stock Cottage, North Road, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 376 045
- Coordinates
- 54.43261, -2.96239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stock Cottage is a building that likely dates from the 18th century. It features colour-washed stone rubble walls and a slate roof, and it stands two storeys tall. The central door is the deepest, with panelled reveals and a timber porch. On the ground floor, there are two 12-paned sash windows, and three similar windows above, each topped with half-lunettes. The facade facing Bridge Street has a boarded door and one window on each floor. Stock Cottage is part of a group that includes Old Mill Studios, Nos 2 to 6 (consecutive), and Ghyll Side on Bridge Street.
Local climate
Stock 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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