Broadhow Wordsworth 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. 4 related planning applications.

Broadhow Wordsworth Cottage

WRENN ID
blind-plinth-scarlet
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
Broadhow Wordsworth Cottage, Patterdale, Westmorland and Furness, CA11 0NP
OS grid reference
NY 400 160
Coordinates
54.53582, -2.92848
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Wordsworth Cottage, also known as Broadhow, is a 17th-century building located in Patterdale. It is constructed from white-washed stone rubble and features a flag roof, with two low storeys. The cottage has an added lean-to porch, two windows on the ground floor, and three modern windows above. To the left, there is a former stable attached, and to the right, a modern addition. Inside, the cottage is said to retain an original spice cupboard and a beam that is dated 1670. There is no known connection with the poet William Wordsworth.

Local climate

Broadhow Wordsworth Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
  • 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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