Cobby House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
Cobby House
- WRENN ID
- sheer-grate-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cobby House, Colton, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 8BN
- OS grid reference
- SD 360 870
- Coordinates
- 54.27507, -2.98313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cobby House is a house dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, constructed of painted stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and four bays, with the fourth bay projecting under a gable, which was originally a barn. The windows are mostly 20th-century small-paned casements, although two first-floor windows feature small-paned fixed glazing with pivoted upper parts. There is a French window on the left side of the fourth bay and an entrance located in the second bay. The house has gable-end stacks, and the rear is similar to the front, with another entrance in the second bay.
Inside, the first bay contains the bases of full crucks, along with a tie beam that is truncated below the first floor. The second and third bays have chamfered beams and joists, with the joists displaying stepped stops at the fire beam. There is a stone fireplace with a stone stair to the right, and wide floorboards can be found on the first floor. Cobby House is included for its group value.
Local climate
Cobby House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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