Abbey Cowper is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Farmhouse.
Abbey Cowper
- WRENN ID
- standing-remnant-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Abbey Cowper, Holme Abbey
- OS grid reference
- NY 158 506
- Coordinates
- 54.84314, -3.3121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Cowper is a farmhouse dated and inscribed over the rear entrance with "W.M. 1735." It has undergone extensive alterations in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The exterior features painted incised stucco with painted V-jointed quoins on a chamfered painted plinth. The roof is made of graduated greenslate, and there are ashlar chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The front entrance includes a top-glazed four-panel door set in a Tuscan porch. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, framed by painted stone architraves. The rear wall is older than the facade and includes 19th-century windows. There are separate listings for the extension and barns.
Local climate
Abbey Cowper sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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