The Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to West is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Shop, house. 3 related planning applications.

The Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to West

WRENN ID
peeling-cinder-oak
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
Shop, house
Address
The Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to West, the Square, Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0PE
OS grid reference
SD 351 981
Coordinates
54.37458, -2.99944
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

The Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage, and the cottage to the west are a group of shop and houses located in Hawkshead, dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. They are constructed of plaster with a slate roof and stand two storeys high with two bays under a gable. The windows feature casements, and there is an entrance to the first bay. The left side has six bays, with the first three forming Rose Cottage, which is pebbledashed. The windows here are sashed with glazing bars, and Rose Cottage has a central entrance with a half-glazed gabled porch. The return to The Honeypot also has a central entrance, which features a trellis gabled porch.

There are cross-axial stacks present. The right return has a projecting bay with leaded glazing to cross casements and a possible blocked fire window, along with a re-entrant lean-to porch. The next bay is gabled and has a jettied first floor on the return, featuring a leaded casement and a first-floor sash with glazing bars, as well as a lateral stack. The front displays tile-hung first-floor sections and leaded casements, with the first floor also having a sash window with glazing bars and horns. The rear of Rose Cottage includes three bays with an outshut that has small-paned casements and entrances, along with a slope stack. Finally, there is a two-storey, two-bay house with small-paned casements, one window featuring fixed glazing with an opening light, and a half-glazed door.

Local climate

The Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to West 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 2006
  • 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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