Branthwaite Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Branthwaite Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pale-threshold-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Branthwaite Cottage, Caldbeck, Cumberland, CA7 8HB
- OS grid reference
- NY 297 373
- Coordinates
- 54.72586, -3.09185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Branthwaite Cottage is a house from the early 19th century, constructed of mixed coursed rubble and split cobbles, featuring V-jointed limestone quoins. The roof is made of graduated greenslate and has cement rendered chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. It includes a six-panel door and sash windows with glazing bars, all set within painted stone surrounds. The cottage has group value with Branthwaite Farmhouse.
Local climate
Branthwaite Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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