School Bank Cottage and Barn Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse, barn.

School Bank Cottage and Barn Adjoining

WRENN ID
tangled-quoin-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1991
Type
Farmhouse, barn
OS grid reference
NY 514 237
Coordinates
54.60652, -2.75375
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

School Bank Cottage and the adjoining barn are a farmhouse and barn dating from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. The buildings feature painted limestone rubble walls and are topped with a graduated green slate roof, which includes rendered chimney-stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and has two bays, while the barn, which has three bays, shares a common roof with the cottage.

The central entrance of the cottage consists of a glazed panelled door set within a 19th-century painted stone surround. To the left, there is a three-light flat-stone-mullioned window, and to the right, a sash window also in a 19th-century painted stone surround, situated beneath a two-light flat-stone-mullioned window. The barn features a cross-passage doorway closest to the house, fitted with a 20th-century door in a painted stone surround. Additionally, there is a central segmental-arched cart entrance, a plank door to the left, and a casement window to the right, all within painted stone surrounds.

Local climate

School Bank Cottage and Barn Adjoining sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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