Gardeners Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Cottage.

Gardeners Cottage

WRENN ID
winter-outpost-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Gardeners Cottage, 5, Scattergate, Appleby-In-Westmorland
OS grid reference
NY 684 197
Coordinates
54.5723, -2.48976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gardener's Cottage is a building likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed red sandstone and features a slate roof, rising to two storeys. The front has a central panelled door flanked by two sash windows on each floor, all set within plain stone architraves. The building also has stone chimneys. It is included in the register for its group value.

Local climate

Gardeners Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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