Rydal Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Cottages.
Rydal Cottages
- WRENN ID
- turning-stronghold-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Rydal Cottages, 1 and 2, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 364 061
- Coordinates
- 54.4469, -2.98198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rydal Cottages, located in Rydal and Loughrigg, were probably originally built as a single dwelling and are now two cottages. The building features yellow-washed roughcast with a slate roof, and it has twin round chimneys as well as twin diagonal chimneys. It is two storeys tall and has an L-shaped plan. The gabled wing on the left (north) side has one window on each floor, both with labels. The right-hand wing includes a lean-to porch that has an arrow slit and a longer window on the ground floor, along with two windows above. The upper windows consist of a very small three-light window over the porch, while the others are larger three-light or eight-light windows, all with small diamond leaded panes. For additional context regarding the group value, refer to the general description under Rydal.
Local climate
Rydal Cottages 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings