Barn End Bull Close Bull Close 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 C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
Barn End Bull Close Bull Close Cottage
- WRENN ID
- crooked-trefoil-wind
- 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
- Barn End Bull Close Bull Close Cottage, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0HU
- OS grid reference
- NY 347 024
- Coordinates
- 54.41338, -3.00714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three houses, dating from the late 17th century. The building is constructed of painted stone rubble, with some roughcast, and has a slate roof. Originally six bays, the first three bays were likely stables, featuring a hipped roof. The fourth bay is plastered, while the sixth bay incorporates a fire window. The windows are casements; those in the original stables have lintels made of slate. A glazed lean-to extension from the early 20th century is attached to the fourth bay. The entrance to the Barn End section is accessed via stone steps. Gable-end stacks are present on the original house.
Bull Close, the right-hand section of the building, retains a number of original interior features including chamfered beams, a fireplace bressummer, and a spice cupboard in the rear wing (lacking a door). A spiral stair is constructed from oak baulks, with an original panelled door at the foot. The first floor contains plank and muntin partitions and two-panel doors.
Local climate
Barn End Bull Close Bull Close 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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