Ash Cottage the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ash Cottage the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-column-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ash Cottage the Cottage, Lower Holker, LA11 7NZ
- OS grid reference
- SD 363 764
- Coordinates
- 54.17997, -2.97748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ash Cottage and The Cottage are a pair of houses, likely dating to the late 17th or early 18th century. They are built of roughcast stone with a slate roof. The east elevation is two stories and four bays wide. The first bay has raised eaves on its side, while the third and fourth bays project forward under a catslide roof. The windows vary in style; the first bay has sash windows with single glazing bars and horns. The second bay contains a blocked two-light, single-chamfered-mullioned window. A small stair light is visible in the third bay. The fourth bay has a first-floor window consisting of a small-paned fixed glazing section and an opening light. A 20th-century lean-to porch, re-entrant to Ash Cottage, has been added. The Cottage features an entrance with a gabled timber porch to the fourth bay. Large gable-end stacks are present, with the stack on the right side protected by a round shaft. The rear elevation is similar in appearance.
Local climate
Ash Cottage the Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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