Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A C18 House.
Rock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- worn-window-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rock Cottage, Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 354 998
- Coordinates
- 54.39039, -2.99517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Cottage is a house, probably built in the early 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone and has a slate roof. The building has two storeys and two bays, featuring a slate drip course. The windows are casements, and the entrance is located in the second bay. There is a cross-axial stack, and the left side of the building has a lean-to porch leading to a rear wing. The right side has a ground floor window with small-paned fixed glazing, while the first floor has a sashed window with vertical glazing bars. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Rock 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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