Crows Nest and Outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1982. A C18 House, outbuilding.
Crows Nest and Outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-courtyard-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1982
- Type
- House, outbuilding
- Address
- Crows Nest and Outbuildings, Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 394 234
- Coordinates
- 54.60226, -2.93897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crows Nest and its outbuilding, likely built in the early 18th century, is a house constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof. The main building is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with an outbuilding of one bay located to the right. The windows vary in style; the first bay on the ground floor features a sashed window with glazing bars and a dripstone, possibly indicating an earlier door or window above. The second bay has a horizontally sliding sash with glazing bars, while the third bay includes a fire window. On the first floor, the first two bays have windows with small-paned fixed glazing, with the second bay having a pivoted upper part. The window in the third bay has a metal casement, and the fourth bay features a sash window with single glazing bars and horns. The entrance between the first and second bays has a plank door with a half metal cog above it, and the entrance to the fourth bay has a half-glazed door. A stone cross-axial stack is located in the third bay, complete with a base and cornice. The outbuilding has a plain entrance with a timber lintel and a small light on the first floor, while the return side has an entrance at first floor level due to the slope of the ground, which was formerly a large entrance. The rear of the building is built into the slope of the ground. The interior has not been inspected but is said to contain features of interest.
Local climate
Crows Nest and Outbuildings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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