Cottage to North of Moors Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. House.
Cottage to North of Moors Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-cobble-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cottage to North of Moors Farmhouse, B6257, Firbank, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 619 952
- Coordinates
- 54.35154, -2.58755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a house and outbuilding located to the north of Moors Farmhouse, with a datestone that reads "TSM/1744". It is constructed of stone rubble and has a slate roof. The south elevation features two storeys and three bays, with an outbuilding to the west. Most of the windows are small; however, the first bay on the ground floor has a larger inserted 20th-century window. The other windows include 19th-century two-light small-paned casements, while the first bay on the first floor has small-paned fixed glazing with a pivoted upper light, and the third bay has a sash window with single glazing bars and horns. There is a gabled porch situated between the first and second bays, which has the datestone above it and an inner wide-boarded door. The building has a gable-end stack. The rear features a lean-to porch and various types of windows, including two with small-paned fixed glazing and opening lights. The outbuilding has a lean-to outshut, likely a privy, and an entrance. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Cottage to North of Moors Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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